Olho de Peixe White

Olho de Peixe White is a modern white-fruited Capsicum chinense line in the Brazilian Olho de Peixe group. Current exact-name seed listings describe it as a rare Brazilian pepper with very small round pods, strong chinense aroma, and heat around 100,000 SHU. The name means fish eye in Portuguese, matching the tiny rounded fruit shape that defines the Olho de Peixe type.

Its fruit is consistently described as charapita-sized or pea-sized, usually about 10 mm across, with pale green immature pods that ripen to creamy white or almost white-yellow. The pods are carried upright and the plants are described as very prolific, often becoming covered in pearl-like fruit. In current trade it is also sold as a suitable small-pot or bonsai-style pepper because of the heavy fruit set on a relatively compact plant.

The broader Olho de Peixe type is tied to Brazil’s Amazon basin and has documented cultural use among indigenous communities in northern Brazil, where olho-de-peixe peppers are traditionally consumed and used in sauces and preserves. The White form carries that same Brazilian Olho de Peixe identity into the specialist seed trade as a pale-ripening selection valued for its concentrated fruity flavour, ornamental appearance, and strong productivity. The earliest exact-name public reference located for Olho de Peixe White is a Fatalii post from December 9, 2021, after which it appears repeatedly in collector and specialist seed listings.