Aji Lemon Pepper - Capsicum Annuum - Chilli Pepper - 5 Seeds Artemesia

Aji Lemon Pepper - Capsicum Annuum - Chilli Pepper - 5 Seeds ArtemesiaThe Aji Lemon is a hot, citrus like flavoured pepper which is a popular seasoning pepper in Peru, where it is known as Kellu Uchu. It is also known in the Anglophone world as 'Hot lemon' or 'Lemon Drop'. The bright yellow, crinkled, cone shaped fruits are about 5cm long and 1. 25cm wide and mature from green to yellow approximately 100 days after transplanting (Long season), they have fewer seeds than the average pepper, containing 15 seeds on

In cultivation

The Scoville heat unit for this variety is : 500 to 2 500 SHU

Sometimes an attractive reddish colour can be seen in the deep bark fissures The leaves are finely textured and dark green

Growing 10cm to 25cm with scented pink/purple/blue flowers marked with yellow

Important to Note

wiry stemmed

stems and branches usually dark to black coloured

The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped achenes that are collected together in a tight cluster

rosettes of dark greenish-grey leaves with pale spots

The genus comprises 15 species distributed in South Africa

but softer

Although it is about the same height as subsp