| Diavoletto d'Abruzzo | |
|---|---|
| Species | Capsicum annuum |
| Origin | Italy, Abruzzo |
| Heat |  Medium |
| Scoville scale | 10000 [1] SHU |
The Diavoletto d'Abruzzo or lazzaretto abruzzese is a variety of chili recognized among the Traditional agri-food products of Italy, in particular region Abruzzo [2] [3] .
It was probably imported by Christopher Columbus from his return shipments around 1514. [4]
It belongs to the Solanaceae family, and the fruit of the plant has an elongated shape, small or medium-small in size, with variable coloring and with the well-defined organoleptic qualities of spicy acrid.
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