The fruits of this pepper are 7 to 10 cm long.
Plant height 50-90 cm.
Fruit color at the stage of biological maturity: violet-purple.
The vegetation period is 70-80 days. The fruits are collected as they grow, but at the very beginning of ripening (when they are still green).
The homeland of the Jalapeno pepper is Mexico. The name comes from the city of Jalapa (Veracruz state), where it is traditionally grown.
In Mexico, the variety's homeland, they are either buried in the ground, dried, or smoked. The red fruits are used to prepare the national dish, " chipotle ."
On the Scoville scale, which measures the spiciness of peppers, Jalapenos have a fairly wide range: from 2,500 to 8,000 points.
Because the hotness of chili peppers depends on growing conditions: the more light and sun, the hotter the pepper.
It has also been noted that most of the pungency is contained in the tissues that hold the seeds in the pod (removing them reduces the pungency of the pepper).
1.0 g = 150-230 seeds.
Find out more about the degree of hotness of peppers in the reading room of Seemnemaailm ("World of Seeds"): "Scoville Organoleptic Scale" .
* Jalapeno is prized for its special sensation of spreading hot taste in the mouth. Its taste delights true connoisseurs of hot taste.
This is the only hot pepper with such thick and juicy walls. It is eaten fresh, stuffed, grilled or baked.
Use of hot pepper fruits for medicinal purposes.
The fruits contain an alkaloid-like amide - capsaicin, essential oils, fatty oil, steroid saponins, coloring matter, carotenoids, vitamins P, B, A and C, wax.
Tincture of pepper fruits helps improve digestion processes, increase appetite, and has a strong irritating effect.
Pepper tincture is used as an external remedy, which has a local irritant effect:
- for arthritis and myositis
- in acute gastrointestinal diseases;
- mixed with sunflower oil, used for rubbing into the skin as a distracting agent for myositis and sciatica.
Capsicum is not recommended for use in diseases of the stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys: when consumed internally in large quantities, red capsicum capsaicin causes acute gastrointestinal upset, which in severe cases can lead to death.