Pepper Identifier

What type of pepper is this? Find out from the pod, the plant or both.

Tap what you see. Each answer trims 5,197 WikiPepper varieties down to the ones that fit.

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What can you look at?

Pick one. You can switch any time, and your answers carry over.

What the pepper identifier does

The WikiPepper Pepper Identifier names a chili pepper from what you see, not from a photo. Answers match 5,197 WikiPepper varieties as of October 13, 2026, using the shape, ripe color, length, heat, leaf color and flower color stored for each one.

How do you identify a pepper plant?

Match the pod’s shape, ripe color, length, heat and leaf color against the values stored for each variety. Name the species if you know it.

The cap

Most pods arrive without one. If yours has it:

Ring, a groove where the cap meets the stem: a strong sign of C. chinense.
Teeth on the rim: C. pubescens or C. baccatum.
Smooth rim: usually C. annuum or C. frutescens.

Baccatum teeth are small and can pass for smooth, so the identifier doesn't use the cap.

Ripe C. chinense pod, ring at the cap — Photos: Semillas La Palma.

Ripe C. pubescens pod, teeth at the cap — Photos: Semillas La Palma.

Example peppers by species

C. annuum: Jalapeño, Chiltepín, Pequín, Poblano, Cayenne
C. chinense: Habanero, Ghost Pepper, Scotch Bonnet, Carolina Reaper, Fatalii
C. frutescens: Aji Bird, Malagueta, Costa Rica, Donni Sali, Boonie
C. baccatum: Bishop's Crown, Peppadew, Aji Amarillo, Dedo de Moca, Aji Fantasy
C. pubescens: Rocoto, Brown Rocoto, Orange Locoto, Rocoto Manzano Amarillo, Rocoto Canario
Wild species: Cumari, C. galapagoense, C. exile, Cumari Pollux, C. rhomboideum

Questions

What type of pepper is this?

The identifier compares what you enter with the shape, ripe color, length, heat, leaf color and other values stored on each WikiPepper variety. It does not read photos.

Is there an app or website that identifies peppers?

The WikiPepper Pepper Identifier runs free in any web browser, with nothing to install. It does not read photos. You answer questions about the pod and the plant, and it narrows 5,197 varieties to the ones that fit.

How can I identify different types of chili peppers?

Compare the pod and the leaves with the values stored for each variety: shape, ripe color, length, heat and leaf color. You can also name the species if you know it.

The tool matches answers against 5,197 live WikiPepper records, using the values stored on each variety. See also the pepper plant anatomy guide and the flower guide.