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Medusa pepper

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Genus
  
Heat
  
Mild

Species
  
Scoville scale
  
0 SHU

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Growing vegetables growing medusa peppers


Medusa peppers are a type of sweet, ornamental chili pepper which grows upright, brightly colored fruit, which is long and thin, producing a "hair of snakes" look suggestive of the gorgon Medusa in Greek mythology.

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The fruit is sweet, unusual for ornamental pepper, and goes from green through yellow and orange, to become red when fully ripe.

Medusa pepper Ornamental Pepper Medusa

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Medusa pepper Ornamental Pepper Medusa

References

Medusa pepper Wikipedia