Medusa Chilli Pepper - Capsicum Annuum - 5 Seeds Dill The seed pods are flat

The seed pods are flat and crescent shaped

The genus is native to Africa

Other common names are Sweet Balm / Bee's Leaf / Honey Plant

Perennial (to 6cm) with short branches & rosulate hairy reddish leaves

Medusa Chilli Pepper - Capsicum Annuum - 5 Seeds Dill The seed pods are flatMedusa peppers are a type of sweet, ornamental chili pepper which grows upright, brightly colored fruit, which is long and thin, producing a "hair of snakes" look akin to that attributed to Medusa in Greek mythology. The fruit is sweet, unusual for ornamental pepper, and goes from green through yellow and orange, to become red when fully ripe. Sweet and tangy this pepper rates at 1 500 scoville heat units.