Synonyms:

• (=) Capsicum violaceum Kunth

Common names:

• apple chile  (Source: Cornucopia) - English
• horse chili  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• rocoto  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• filziger Paprika  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• chamburoto  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• chile caballo  (Source: Peppers World) - Spanish
• chile japonés  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• chile manzana  (Source: HerbSpices) - Spanish
• chile peron  (Source: Peppers World) - Spanish
• cuzco  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - Spanish
• lacoto  (Source: Brittonia) - Spanish
• manzano  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - Spanish
• siete caldos  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• escabeche  (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish (Peru)
• rokotopeppar  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (spice fide Eshbaugh in Janick & Simmon 1993)
• Human food: vegetable (fide Cornucopia)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Northern America

• Mexico

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America
• South America (Andean)


Other (probable origin Bolivia)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
3. DeWitt, D. & P. W. Bosland Peppers of the world. 1996 (Peppers World)
4. Eshbaugh, W. H. Peppers: history and exploitation of a serendipitous new crop discovery (New Crops) 132-139.
5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
6. Heiser, C. B., Jr. & P. G. Smith 1958. A new species of Capsicum from South America (Brittonia) 10:197.
7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
8. Moscone, E. A. et al. 2007. The evolution of chili peppers (Capsicum - Solanaceae): a cytogenetic perspective Acta Hort. 745:137-170.
9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
10. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)

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=8919. Accessed 7 junio 2026.