Pimenta Elizabeth

Pimenta Elizabeth is a dark-foliaged Capsicum chinense pepper circulated in seed trade and hobby growing circles as a very hot ornamental-edible type with strong visual appeal. Commercial listings describe it as a striking plant with blue-grey leaves, black-blue stems, and an abundance of deep red ripe fruit, with heat placed around 500,000 SHU and described as comparable to red Ajoema.

The plant is known above all for its foliage and colour changes. Live descriptions describe dark blue-grey leaves and black-blue stems, while the fruit begins green, darkens through a chocolate-brown stage, and then ripens fully to deep red. This gives the plant a strong dark-toned look for much of the season before the ripe red pods take over.

In grower circulation, Pimenta Elizabeth is also described as a cross from Michal, and hobby sources show that selected segregating forms were being grown under names such as Blood Orange and White Pheno at F3 and F4 stage. That places it within modern hobby hybrid breeding rather than as a long-established regional landrace or heirloom.

A major factual conflict exists around its core history. Commercial seed listings present Pimenta Elizabeth simply as a named pepper variety, while grower sources describe it as a cross from Michal that was still producing selected F3 and F4 phenotypes in circulation.