Description
Product Identification
- Product: Piment Rouge Africain (Hot Pepper Seeds Tin)
- Crop: Hot Pepper / Chili
- Variety: Antillais Rouge / African Habanero Red
- Scientific name: Capsicum chinense
- Brand/Packaging: GSN Semences / Metal Canister Tin
- Product category: Vegetable seeds
- Pack size: 50 g
- Additional pack size available: 100 g, 250 g
- Seed distributor/brand listing: Agro Hospital / GSN Semences France
The product configuration is a 50g hermetically sealed round metal tin manufactured by GSN Semences. Designed for tropical distribution, the airtight canister prevents moisture penetration, protecting delicate pepper seed viability against ambient humidity during storage.
- Main Characteristics
Piment Rouge Africain (specifically of the Antillais / Habanero type) is a highly valued hot pepper variety famous for its extreme, blistering heat, rich fruity aroma, and exceptional yield profile across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Fruit shape: Blocky, wrinkled, lantern-shaped (characteristic Habanero/Scorpion profile)
- Fruit color: Light shiny green maturing to an intense, vibrant fiery red
- Flesh: Medium-thin, crisp, and packed with high-density capsaicin glands
- Taste: Extremely hot and pungent (Scoville rating approx. 150,000–325,000 SHU) with deep fruity, aromatic undertones
- Texture: Firm, glossy, and crunchy when fresh
- Yield: Outstanding continuous yield potential over a long harvest window
- Marketability: Premium market demand; highly sought after for its characteristic fiery red look and sharp heat profile
- Transport: Good transport durability when picked slightly firm, standing up well to traditional bulk crate packing
- Use: Local fresh condiment markets, processing into hot sauces, powder production, and traditional culinary seasoning
- Crop Performance
This selection offers excellent field vigor, a strong branching habit, and a prolonged continuous fruiting lifecycle.
- Maturity: Approximately 80–90 days from seedling transplantation to first picking
- Average fruit weight: 12 to 18 g per pepper fruit
- Fruit: Heavily wrinkled, shiny, lantern-like pods hanging profusely on sturdy, erect bushes
- Flesh: Pungent, thin-walled interior containing highly active oil glands
- Pungency: Exceptionally high, uniform heat concentration across harvests
- Rind: Waxy, glossy skin that resists sunburn and superficial field blemishes
- Transport: Retains its crisp, shiny appearance and firm texture for several days post-harvest
- Potential resistances/tolerances: Highly adapted to humid, high-temperature tropical environments; shows reliable field tolerance to common pepper mosaic viruses and root rot stress.
- Packaging Information
50 g GSN Canister
- Individual pack: 50 g airtight metal unit
- Packaging: Hermetically sealed metal tin with a ring-pull lid
- Protection technique: Treated with specialized Metalaxyl-M (as indicated on label context) for robust fungal protection during germination
- Carton: Distributed in structured wholesale cases for agro-dealers and seed retailers
