Official language varies in Mexico, where I live. The whole country shares Spanish as an official language and then states may have additional native official languages*. Here in Yucatán, where I live, Maya is also an official language because for so many, it is their first language, so all officia…

[image] ItsMeLucy: “What did you substitute for xcatic?” Güeritos are the closest I find in the states … totally unrelated but I love the flavor of achiote on steak

Are these not different subspecies that have developed? (Forgive me, my non-scientific background is showing.) I do not know how to add a common name, and I would not like to add xcatic if it gave the appearance that was the word for all Capsicum annum. The recipes in which these are used go back …

On iNat there’re three varieties, but they differ by shape of the pepper, I google one you mentioned and it’s of a typical shape for the species with different colour, I don’t think it’s enough to be something more than a cultivar, but it’s honestly enough, most unusual tomatoes and cucumbers don’t …

Appearances of fruits may be similar, but I wonder about the rest of the plant, if the leaves are different, if it grows the same height, all of it, because they all taste very different. (I wish we had taste-o-vision!) Sometimes people will think xcatic is a banana pepper but it is not. It is small…

So I backtracked off the very helpful link @schoenitz posted and found the BEST page about diversity and distribution within Mexico of succulents, chiles, fruits, chayotes, and avocados. These are from SAGARPA: the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (plus fishing, I believe?). According…

This should probably move to a separate thread ( @cthawley please?) Where are the Chilhuacles and Chilcostles? Are they entirely separate species or simply overlooked on this map? P.S. Mexico is super underrated for cultural and biological diversity in my experience as an American. People here onl…

I am so sorry! I was going off of this very excellent suggestion: [image] New Common Names For Species: Policy Change? Traditional/indigenous names are best when we have them, if and only if said people WANT us using them which may not be the case And then got caught up in “is this wild or a …

[image] ItsMeLucy: Are these not different subspecies that have developed? (Forgive me, my non-scientific background is showing.) I also don’t know the answer to this question. Very few references (that I could find (*)) treat it as a variety, most just treat it as c. annuum. This suggests t…

(It is OK. I very much doubt it is interesting for its own thread and I think answers about xcatic specifically are more likely to be found among Spanish language/ Mexican research materials. But I so appreciate you heading me off in a helpful direction!)

Common Names of Chile Peppers

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Moved from Common Names post at request of OP.

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Common Names of Chile Peppers

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