Pimenta Bela Ruby

Pimenta Bela Ruby is a modern Portuguese Capsicum chinense line from Fox Peppers. Fox Peppers states that the Bela line began in 2021 from a Fox Dark Naga Red seed and was first classified as Fox Dark Naga Type 2 F2, with the Ruby form later carried to F5. In current specialist trade, Matt’s Peppers sells it as the ruby variant of Pimenta Bela Purple, which places it within the same dark ornamental Bela breeding line rather than as an unrelated pepper with a similar name.

Its identity is built around dark foliage and ruby-finished fruit. Exact-name sources describe the plant as a dark-leaf form, while the named Ruby selection is explicitly tied to a ruby final colour and current UK trade also tags it under purple-fruited material, reflecting the line’s dark immature stage before full ripening. It is consistently sold as a very hot chinense rather than a mild ornamental, and the Ruby selection sits in the same heat class as Pimenta Bela Purple listings that place the line around the 80,000 to 120,000 SHU range.

Culturally, Pimenta Bela Ruby belongs to the modern boutique chilli-breeding scene built around dark foliage, unusual ripening colours, and named selected variants. Its path through Fox Peppers in Portugal, then into UK and US seed trade through Red Dragon Seeds and Matt’s Peppers, shows it as a contemporary collector variety rather than an old regional landrace or heirloom. The pepper’s core appeal in circulation is its ornamental dark plant, ruby-ripe presentation, and strong heat within a visually distinctive chinense line.