Common names:

• ulupica  (Source: Cornucopia) - Aymara (Peru)

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (fide Cornucopia)
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of rocoto (fide Acta Hort 745:148. 2007; although it migt be cospecific with Capsicum eximium fide Genet Res Crop Evol)
• Gene sources: probable progenitor of rocoto (fide Acta Hort 745:148. 2007)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of aji (based on records of sterile hybrids with Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum fide Int J Pl Sci 162:1411. 2001)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of bell/chili pepper (based on hybridization attempts with female Capsicum annuum fide HortScience 26:585. 1991)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of habanero pepper (based on records of hybridization studies with Capsicum chinense fide Int J Pl Sci 162:1411. 2001)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of Tabasco pepper (based on records of hybridization studies with Capsicum frutescens fide Int J Pl Sci 162:1411. 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [La Paz]

References:

1. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia) 204.
2. Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective Acta Hort. 745:137-170.
3. Walsh, B. M. & S. B. Hoot 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Capsicum (Solanaceae) using DNA sequences from two noncoding regions: The chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer region and nuclear waxy introns Int. J. Pl. Sci. 162:1409-1418.
4. Zijlstra, S. et al. 1991. Pollen tube growth in interspecific crosses between Capsicum species (HortScience) 26:585-586.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=8908. Accessed 7 junio 2026.