Bishop's crown

Not to be confused with the Capsicum frutescens pepper also called peri peri

The bishop's crown, Christmas bell, Nepalese bell, or joker's hat, is a pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum,^[1] named for its distinct, three-sided shape resembling a bishop's crown.^[2]

Bishop's crown
Species	Capsicum baccatum
Cultivar	Bishop's crown
Heat	Medium
Scoville scale	5,000-30,000[note 1] SHU

Bishop's crown fruit on its plant

Although this variety can be found in Barbados,^[2] and is Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum, ^[1] it may be indigenous to South America. Today, it is also grown in Europe, possibly brought there from Brazil by the Portuguese sometime in the 18th century.^[1]

The actual plant is relatively large, being 3-4 ft (0.8-1.2 m) in height. It produces 30 to 50 peculiar, three or four flat-winged, wrinkled pods. These somewhat flying saucer-like peppers grow to about 1.5 in (4 cm) wide.^[1]

The flesh inside each pepper is thin, yet crisp. They mature to red from a pale green colour about 90-100 days after the seedlings emerge.^[1]

The body of the peppers have very little heat, with the wings being sweet and mild.^[1]

Other names

This pepper has numerous common names.^[1]

• Aji Copihue
• Balloon pepper
• Bell chili
• Bishop's crown
• Bishop's hat
• Campana
• Campane
• Chapeau du frade
• Christmas bell
• Corona de obispo

• Friar's hat

• Joker's hat
• Nepalese bell
• Orchid pepper
• PI 497974 ^[3]
• Picante campanilla
• Pimenta cambuci
• Ubatuba cambuci

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  fruit
• 
  flower

Notes

1. This heat is very similar to that of the Bulgarian Carrot and Vegas Serrano peppers.