{{Short description|Flowering plant cultivar}} {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the ''Capsicum frutescens'' pepper also called peri peri}} {{Infobox cultivar | name = Bishop's crown | image = Bishops Crown.jpg | image_caption = | species = ''Capsicum baccatum'' | cultivar = Bishop's crown | module = {{Infobox pepper | embed = yes | heat = Medium | scoville = 5,000-30,000<ref group=note>This heat is very similar to that of the Bulgarian Carrot and Vegas Serrano peppers.</ref> }} }}alt=Bishop's crown fruit hanging on its plant|thumb|Bishop's crown fruit on its plant|261x261pxThe '''bishop's crown''', '''Christmas bell''', '''Nepalese bell''', or '''joker's hat''', is a pepper, a cultivar of the species ''Capsicum baccatum ''var. ''pendulum'',<ref name="thechileman1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thechileman.org/results.php?find=PI+497974&heat=Any&origin=Any&genus=Any&chile=1 |title=PI 497974 chile pepper database |publisher=Thechileman.org |date= |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> named for its distinct, three-sided shape resembling a bishop's crown.<ref name="g6csy1">{{cite web |url=http://www.g6csy.net/chile/var-b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040109114421/http://www.g6csy.net/chile/var-b.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-01-09 |title=Chile pepper varieties |publisher=G6csy.net |accessdate=2011-08-20 }}</ref>
Although this variety can be found in Barbados,<ref name="g6csy1"/> and is ''Capsicum baccatum'' var. ''pendulum'',<ref name="thechileman1"/> 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.<ref name="thechileman1"/>
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.<ref name="thechileman1"/>
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.<ref name="thechileman1"/>
The body of the peppers have very little heat, with the wings being sweet and mild.<ref name="thechileman1"/>
==Other names==<!-- Please respect alphabetical order. Peri peri and Aji flor are other varieties. --> This pepper has numerous common names.<ref name="thechileman1"/> * 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 <ref name="grin">https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail?id=1392910</ref> * Picante campanilla * Pimenta cambuci * Ubatuba cambuci <gallery> File:Bishop's crown fruit on plant.jpg|fruit File:Capsicum baccatum flower 02.jpg|flower </gallery>
==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}} ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6572288 High resolution images]
{{Capsicum Cultivars}}
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