Aji Mango

Description

Some varieties are named after a fruit and only hint at it. Aji Mango (C. baccatum) delivers. The aroma is the point of this South American heirloom — sweet, ripe, unmistakably mango, with a citrus brightness behind it, and it comes through in the smell of the cut pod as clearly as in the taste.

The pods are slim and tapering, 5–7 cm long, thin-walled, ripening from green to a deep mango orange. Sources disagree considerably about the heat — estimates run from around 25,000 SHU upward — so treat it as a solid medium that can surprise you rather than a fixed number.

The plant is tall and vigorous, 90–120 cm and often more in a good season, and it needs staking once the crop comes on. Yields are generous: dozens of pods per plant, ripening around 80–90 days from transplant.

The best trick with this one is the powder. Dried and milled, it keeps the mango aroma — something very few chilies manage through drying, and it turns an ordinary spice rack jar into something worth opening just to smell. Fresh it belongs in salsas, marinades and fruit-forward hot sauces.

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Each pack contains approximately 8–10 or more seeds per variety.
Seeds are packaged in a certified EU seed packaging facility in accordance with applicable regulations.

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