I have had many conversations with my mother, grandmother, aunt, father, uncles, etc. Some reside in New York and some reside in Trinidad (home of the 7 pot). The word is--it became rare because it is too hot for cooking. Because of this, people stopped using it and less people kept it around, hence, it became rare to have. My father--being a pepper fanatic has the plant and since I showed so much interest in it, he gave me two of his precious plants. Another thing which I found interesting was the name of the pepper--they called it "7 pot" not "7 pod". It got its name because the pepper was hot enough to make 7 pots of stew or curry. English is spoken in Trinidad, but due to the fact that it is "broken english", the word pot can be easily confused with pod. (I think that s what happened, I can be wrong)I do have a couple of the actual peppers, I will take a picture of it and send it to you. I must say though...everyone I spoke to said that the pepper has a "rough/pimply" exterior compared to all other peppers they were familiar with.