Peri-Peri | |
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![]() Peri-peri peppers (ripe red and unripe green) | |
Genus | Capsicum |
Species | Capsicum frutescens |
Cultivar | Pili pili |
Origin | Portuguese Empire |
Heat | ![]() |
Scoville scale | 50,000–175,000 SHU |
Piri piri (/ˌpɪri ˈpɪri/ PIRR-ee-PIRR-ee), often hyphenated or as one word, and with variant spellings peri-peri (/ˌpɛriˈpɛriː/) or pili pili,[1] also known as African bird's eye chili,[2] is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens from the malagueta pepper. It was originally produced by Portuguese explorers in Portugal's former Southern African territories[3][4] and then spread to other Portuguese domains.