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| Malagueta pepper | |
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 A sayaca tanager feeding on malagueta peppers | |
| Genus | Capsicum |
| Species | Capsicum frutescens |
| Cultivar | 'Malagueta' |
| Heat |  Very hot |
| Scoville scale | 60,000–100,000 SHU |
Malagueta pepper (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐlɐˈɡetɐ]), a variety of Capsicum frutescens,[1] is a type of chili pepper widely used in the Portuguese-speaking world (Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe) and the Caribbean. It got its name from the unrelated melegueta pepper, an African spice from Guinea which is a member of the ginger family.[2]
The malagueta pepper is a small, tapered chili that grows to about 5 cm (2 in) in length. It has a range of 60,000 to 100,000 Scoville units.
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- ^ Andrews, Jean (1999). The pepper trail : history & recipes from around the world. Denton, Tex.: University of North Texas Press. pp. 50–54, 222–223. ISBN 9781574410709.