Baby Belle to Byadagi 
Baby Belle to Byadagi
Baby Belle A 4 lobed tiny sweet bell pepper. Matures from emerald green to red. TMV resistant. Plant grows to 18 inches.
© Allen M. Boatman
Instructor of Horticulture
Hillsborough County School DistrictsBaby Bird's Eye Very small Bird pepper, some 6-7mm in diameter. Hot. (Capsicum annuum var. aviculare).
Baby Fire Hybrid Smaller than White Fire variety. Very hot. 65 days.
Baccato da Orto
Bacio di Satana 'Satan's Kiss'. Also known as Ciliegia Piccante. This is a med-hot, cherry chilli, so called by its round shape. It loses about 60% of its heat when cooked. (Capsicum annuum).
Bahama Mama See Scotch Bonnet.
Bahamian Hot; 1-1/2 inches long by 3 inches wide; pods are held in upright clusters; matures to red; plants have small leaves.
Bailey Piquin Very hot; 7/8 inch long by 3/8 inch wide; improved variety of Piquin type pepper; fruits fall easily from stem at maturity; ripens to red.
Bako Local A cultivar grown in Ethiopia. Belongs to Capsicum annuum. Pepper has an elongated shape and matures to red. A cayenne type pepper.
Balin Pellet shaped form of Serrano.
Bamoa
Banana See Hungarian Yellow Wax. This chile grows 3-5 inches in length with a tapering shape. Its flavour is sweet and fruity. Frequently seen pickled. Heat level is 3. 65 days to ripen. (Capsicum annuum).
Banana Supreme F1 Hybrid (50 days ). Fruits are thick-walled, 8-9 inches long and mild-flavoured. Matures from green to yellow. TMV resistant. Plant grows to 30 inches. Sweet, but not a bell pepper.
Bangalore Torpedo East Indian variety.
Banglane 2 F1 Hybrid Hybrid pepper from Thailand.
Bantam (Capsicum annuum var. fasciculatum). Dwarf cultivar. Plant growth habit is dwarf, the stem length before branching is around 50 mm, the leaves are medium to long and the length/width ratio is 2.8, the flowering is fasciculate type. The flower colour is white and they start to appear continually after 5-6 weeks. The fruit is erect and the size is smallish at 4 cm long and length/diameter ratio is 1.8 and mature after 8-9 weeks. The flesh is thick. The heat value is around 30,000 SHU. Contact N. Derera for further details.
Barker's Hot NuMex variety with large green peppers that are very pungent. 85 days. Dries well.
Barney Pepper (Capsicum annuum).
Baron
Beauty Bell (Capsicum annuum).
Beijing (Capsicum annuum). Plant grows to 10"-18" tall, many flowers and fruit, red when ripe, very productive. 120 days from transplant.
Bedgi From the area west of India's Goa, the Bedgi or Byadagi is wrinkly and red and is often chocolate brown when dried. It is 5-7.5 cm long and 8 mm wide. It is quite aromatic. Heat level is 3.
Bell Boy F1 Hybrid TMV resistant. Green maturing to red sweet bell pepper. Thick walls. (Capsicum annuum F1 hybrid). 70 days. 4-lobed pepper. Plant grows to 24 inches with an upright habit. Tolerant to TMV.
Bell Captain F1 Hybrid TMV resistant. Green maturing to red sweet bell pepper. Thick walls. 4-lobed pepper growing to 4 inches long and 4 inches wide. Plant grows to 24 inches. Plant grows with slightly spreading habit.
Bell King F1 Hybrid Green maturing to red, blocky, bell pepper. Early variety. 70 days.
Bell Pepper Surely the most popular world-wide and mildest member of the Capsicum family. It is also called Capsicum pepper, sweet pepper, in Spain Pimiento and in India Simla Mirch, and is also known by its colour, e.g.: red pepper, green pepper etc. They vary in shape from spherical to elongated and in size from about 5 cm in diameter (miniature) to 15 cm long by 7.5 cm wide. Heat level is 0. A close relative to the bell pepper is the Hungarian Sweet Pepper.
Bell Star Hybrid Green maturing to red bell pepper.
Bell Tower Green maturing to red bell pepper. Smooth walls.
Belle Star Green maturing to red bell pepper. Smooth walls.
Bellingrath Gardens Purple Hot; small 7/8 inch by 3/8 inch fruits separate easily from the plant; pendant fruits ripen from greenish purple to orange to red; small purple-green leaves have variegation on newer growth
Bendigo F1 Hybrid Green TMV resistant pepper. (Capsicum annuum F1 hybrid).
Bengali Naga An Indian variety with Habanero like heat levels. Usually eaten when green. The aroma is fruity but the heat leaves your mouth numb.
Beni Highlands A Bolivian pepper which produces abundant lemon coloured peppers. Heat level 7.
Berbere An Ethiopian scarlet red chile used to make the national dish . The dried version is smooth, 7.5-10 cm long by 2.5-4 cm wide. (Capsicum annuum). Heat level is 3.
Berbere Ethiopian Brown An Ethiopian brown chile pepper.
Bermuda Hot 3 inches long. Hot. from Bermuda. (Capsicum annuum).
Besler's Pepper (Besler's Cherry) (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) A bird pepper, illustrated by Basilius Besler in 1613. Very small round fruits with good heat.
Better Belle Very blocky, thick-walled 4-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches. Four-lobed green pods turn red when ripe. Disease resistant.
Bhut Jolokia see Naga Jolokia
Bi-Bell (Capsicum baccatum). Matures to orange-red. Cold resistant. Continuous heavy bearer. Tall growing bush, up to 2m tall x 1m wide The outer flesh of the pod has no heat, however the pod is full of a very hot placenta. Very nice sweet crisp capsicum flavour. It is a self seeding, semi deciduous, perennial in a warm climate, growing almost 2m. Unusual bell/ joker's hat shaped pod.
Bianca F1 Hybrid Sweet white pepper with a reddish tinge. TMV resistant. (Capsicum annuum F1 hybrid).
Bido (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) From Carmen Florida, small village on right bank of Rio Beni, 5km upriver from Rurrenabaque, Beni Department, Ballvian Province in Brazil. Local name in Tacana dialect. Shrub to 1.5m tall. Fruits green, then red, 5cm long, somewhat ribbed, irregularly shaped, acuminate near stigma scar. Seeds white.
Bido Tacana Large green orange/yellow pod with high heat levels and a delicate flavour. (Capsicum chinense). From Bolivia.
Big 65 days. 12cm long. Matures to bright red. Mild heat.
Big Belle
Big Bertha Very large fruited, green coloured, sweet pepper. (Capsicum annuum var. grossum).
Big Bertha F1 Hybrid TMV resistant. Green maturing to red. Sweet bell pepper growing to 7 inches by 4 inches. Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 70 days.
Big Chile F1 Hybrid 80 days. Anaheim type doing better in northern latitudes than Ortega/Anaheim TMR 23 types.
Big Dipper Extra large, blocky, sweet peppers. Four lobed fruits measure 4 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches wide, they start out green and mature to red.
Big Horns See Chilaca.
Big Jim 8 inch tapered pepper. Plant grows to 30 inches. See NuMex Big Jim. Heat level 3.5 From New Mexico. (Capsicum annuum) A sweet non-bell pepper. 75-80 days.
Bih Jolokia see Naga Jolokia
Biker Billy Hybrid A hot 4 inch long by 1 1/2 inch wide Jalapeño type pod. Matures from deep green to red on a compact plant which produces heavily.
Billy Goat A cherry size pepper with Habanero type heat. 1-1-1/2 inches thick fleshed fruits mature to dark red; pungent cherry aroma.
© Graeme CaseltonBird These are found all over Africa, where they are also called Birds Eye, Congo, Mombassa, Pequin, Uganda and Zanzibar chiles. They are very small conical chiles ranging from 1-1.6 cm long. They grow wild or semi-wild and are bright scarlet red. Their colour attracts mynah and other birds who eat them, with no apparent discomfort, distributing their seeds via their droppings. Some grow wrinkled, some smooth. (Capsicum annuum). Heat level is 8-9.
Bird Aji USDA variety PI 238061.
Birds Beak See de Arbol.
Birds Eye See Bird.
Birgit's Locoto The fruits mature from light green to orange then finally to red. (Capsicum baccatum?).
Biscayne F1 Hybrid 60 days to pale lime green, 85 days to red ripe. An early version of a Cubanelle. 13cm long.
Bishops Crown From Barbados, this large plant produces three-sided peppers which resemble a Bishop's Crown. Sometimes called Christmas Bell. Heat level is 6. 2.5 inches long.
Black Beauty See Black Prince.
Black Bird See Blackbird.
Black Cluster From Cuba, a plant with deep purple leaves and round, purple, upright pods which turn bright red when mature. Heat level 7.
Black Coban Very hot ornamental. (Capsicum annuum).
Black Dallas Green and black pepper growing to 5 inches long. Ripens to red. Hot. (Capsicum annuum). Heat level is 4-7.
Black Hungarian Unique, black coloured fruit that are the shape of a 'Jalapeño'. They are mildly hot and have a delicious flavour. The tall plants also have beautiful purple flowers that make this variety very ornamental. Rare and colourful! (Capsicum annuum).
Black Namaquland A purple ornamental that grows into a dark purple leafed plant about 2 foot high. Purple fruit that turn to red.
Black Plum A medium heat pepper with 1 1/2 inch long by 3/4 inch wide pods that are thin walled and grow erect. Matures from green to black to red.
Black Prince Pods are black and mature into a red colour with a size of 0.75 inches long. Mature peppers are very pungent. (Capsicum annuum).
Blackbird A dark purple bell pepper. 73 days. 9cm by 9.5cm pepper.
Blaise Lawrence
Blanco Cristal (Capsicum baccatum). Sweet tasting pepper. Heat level is 4. Matures to orange-red.
Blockbuster F1 Hybrid Huge peppers are over 6 1/2 inches long, have thick walls and elongated shapes. Green peppers will mature to red. Resistant to TMV. Ready to harvest 73 days after transplanting. 3-4 lobes. A Big Bertha type pepper.
Blue Jay Green maturing to lavender then to red,11cm by 10cm bell pepper. 73 days.
Blue Star A green maturing to red colour elongated (Lamuyo type), bell pepper.
Blushing Beauty A hybrid bell pepper that is sweet. Grows to 4 inch long by 4 inch wide. Has bell type fruits that start pale yellow and blush to apricot-orange then red. Has sweet crispy flesh.
Bode (Bod'e) (Bodi) (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) Originally from Recife in the Pernambuco area of Brazil, but now found throughout north and northeast Brazil.
Bola Variety from Spain. Also known as Pimiento Morron.
Boldog Hungarian Spice Comes from a small but well-known spice pepper district northeast of Budapest around the towns of Boldog and Cece. This early variety will mature almost anywhere. The fruits are 1 1/2 inches wide and about 7 inches long. A genuine Hungarian Paprika.
Bolivian Habanero An orange-red squash shaped pepper.
Bolivian Miniature
Bolivian Rainbow Tear-drop shaped peppers turn from purple to yellow to orange to red with all colours present on the plant at the same time. Great container plant. Very prolific. (Capsicum annuum). 75 days to ripen. Heirloom variety. Grown in Bolivia. Ever bearing, 2-3 foot plants have purple foliage and flowers and yield tiny, pointed 1 inch fruits. Heat level is 6.
Bolivian Quintisho (Capsicum chinense)
Bombay Hot Cherry Hybrid Small, spherical, dark red chiles from central India, about 6 mm-1.25 cm in diameter. Heat level is 4.
Bomby
Bonfire
Bonda Man Jacques A variety from the French Antilles, especially Martinique.
Bongo A cherry-shaped pepper. From Fiji. Read article.
Bonita Green or deep red, large and slightly elongated bell with thick walls. Continuous set and production yields an abundance of heavy quality fruit from set to set. Large dark green leaves provide protective cover for the fruit, keeping the percentage of usable fruit high even under pressure from the sun. The plant grows strong and can be used for either ground or stake production.
Bonney This variety is thought to be an eastern Caribbean version of the Scotch Bonnet but you rarely see a yellow fruit, they mature to red. Also known as 'Barbados. It is an extremely hot C. chinense and the pods measured 2" long by 1 1/4" wide.
Boro ni ruve Local name for Pigeon Pepper. From Fiji. Read article.
Boro valuvalu Local name for White Pepper. From Fiji. Read article.
Bounty
Bouquet Medium heat; small 5/8 inch by 3/8 inch fruits; pods mature from lilac to white to red; taller ornamental plant has purple leaves and flowers.
Boynton Bell F1 Hybrid. 70 days. 11cm by 10cm blocky bell pepper. 4 lobes.
© Allen M. Boatman
Instructor of Horticulture
Hillsborough County School DistrictsBradley's Bahamian From the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Grows as a bush about 2 feet tall by 3.5 feet wide. The pods range from 1 to 2 inches long and about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in diameter and mature to orange or, in a longer season, to red. The pepper is wrinkled with pleats by the sepals. (Capsicum frutescens).
Brazilian Tiny red Pimenta that is thin skinned and very suitable for drying. Probably another name for the Malagueta variety.
Brazilian Aji See Dedo de Moca.
Brazilian Malagueta Light green pepper with searing heat. Grows to 1 inch long. From Brazil.
Brazilian Rainbow A hot variety growing to 1 inch long by 1/2 inch wide. Has 'Piquin type' fruits that are borne erect and mature from purple to yellow to orange to red. A highly ornamental variety.
Brazilian Starfish
Brigadier 76 days. 12cm by 13cm green to red blocky bell pepper.
Brilliant Star
Broome [Broom] 90 days to maturity. Bushy plant produces good yields of 2.75 inch long by 1.5 inch wide, almost square shaped pods. Peppers are very hot and turn from green to red when mature, but do so in splotches. A rare variety from the northern coast of Western Australia. (Capsicum chinense). Heat level is 8.
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© Mats & Patricia PetterssonBrown Habanero
Brupa Dutch Chocolate Dutch Heirloom early 1900's. Very large and changes colour from green to milk chocolate to stunning red.
Buena Mulata
Buenos Carbide Light yellow pods maturing to red. Heat level 6.
Buist's Yellow Cayenne Conforms to the description of Victorian era Buist's catalogue. Popular among nineteenth century gardeners, dating back to 1840's or 50's, probably came in with the Demerara Sugar trade. This is a beautiful, yellow, tasty, good yielding, mildly hot pepper.
Bujan Good size sweet peppers, excellent taste, conical to blocky shaped, with large and reasonably early yields, produced on short plants. Fruit is yellow and ripens red.
Bulgarian Carrot The native real name is "Shipkas," but their adoptive name best describes these 3 1/2 inch bright, fluorescent orange peppers. Carrot chiles are quite hot but with a fruitiness to their pungency. Bulgarian Carrot chile plants are just 18 inches tall and the bright thin-walled chiles grow in clusters close to the main stems protecting them from sunburn. 65 days. (Capsicum annuum). Heat level is 7.
Bulgarian Tomato pepper (Capsicum annuum). Thick walled sweet pepper. No heat level.
Bull Nose Red Deep ridged, almost square pods, large with a mild flavour. Heirloom from India. Matures from green to scarlet in 58 days.
Buran Heirloom Polish variety. Low growing. medium sized pods that ripen from green to red.
Burkina Yellow Capsicum chinense from Burkina Faso.
Burning Bush 2 inch long pencil shaped peppers. Heat level 7.
Butter Belle Sweet pepper with golden colour.
Byadagi See Bedgi.
