African Red Hot

African Red Hot appears to have very little clear public documentation online as a separate named variety, with exact-name search results mostly pointing to generic African hot pepper products rather than a well-documented cultivar entry. Its closest public fit is the African bird pepper, African Red Devil, or piri-piri group, which is commonly treated as Capsicum frutescens and described as a small hot African chilli that ripens from green to red. In this line, the main distinguishing trait is that the fruit hangs down instead of being carried upright, making it best treated as a pendant-fruited African bird pepper or African Red Devil type line. The plant has green foliage and produces pods that ripen from green to a slightly deeper red, keeping the general look and heat profile of the well-known African bird pepper group while standing apart by its pendant fruit habit.