Pepper from Kenya

[amps]

Hey hey! A friend of a friend brought me these peppers that originally came from Kenya. Apparently she lived there for a year and fell in love with a pepper that many of the villagers were growing and cooking with. So she smuggled out a few when she moved back and has been growing them ever since. I was wondering if anyone has seen a particular pepper like this.


Thanks

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B69v0aWJAe1RUHFyeHU0MEZUc0k
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B69v0aWJAe1Rb2k5Sk0zWUZvQms

 

[Arenal Botanical Garden]

I imagine if you call the White House it can be id'd in a second !

Sorry.

 

[ajijoe]

the first one could be any number of chile that look like that and unless someone knows which one it is exactly which it is i could be just about improbable that you will get a positive id
the second one is a form of PIRI PIRI but not sure which one, it does however look like AFRICAN DEVIL

thanks your friend Joe

 

[amps]

Thanks guys. I originally thought it was an Annuum but it's much more bitter than most of the Annuums I've eaten. It also has a little more more heat than a typical Thai chile. I did a little reading on the African Birdseye (PiriPiri) and it seems like it's the most likely candidate.

 

[ajijoe]

Thanks guys. I originally thought it was an Annuum but it's much more bitter than most of the Annuums I've eaten. It also has a little more more heat than a typical Thai chile. I did a little reading on the African Birdseye (PiriPiri) and it seems like it's the most likely candidate.

yes and if my guess is correct it would also be C. FRUTESCENS and not C. ANNUM i have grown African devil 2 times and there really not bitter from what i have noticed, but are very hot

thanks your friend Joe