| Peperoncino | |
|---|---|
 Peperoncini for sale at a market of Tropea in Calabria, Italy | |
| Heat |  Hot |
| Scoville scale | 15,000–30,000 SHU |
Peperoncino (Italian: [peperonˈtʃiːno]; pl.: peperoncini) is the generic Italian name for hot chili peppers, specifically some regional cultivars of the species Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens (chili pepper and Tabasco pepper, respectively).[1] The sweet pepper is called peperone (pl.: peperoni) in Italian.[2] Like most peppers, the fruit is green or yellowish-green when young, and ripens to a red colour.
- ^ Riley 2007, p. 124.
- ^ Sinclair 1998, p. 404; Orsini 2015, p. 49.