Different varieties and planting seasons of Chaotian pepper have different yields. For varieties such as "Holy Fire", "Tianyu 5" and "Tianlong", the yield of fresh peppers sown in spring is about 2,000 to 2,500 kilograms per mu, and the yield of dry peppers is about 500 to 600 kilograms per mu. The yield of dry peppers sown in spring for general varieties is about 250 to 350 kilograms per mu.
Chaotian pepper, a variant of pepper, belongs to the Solanaceae family and is a perennial semi-woody plant. It is often cultivated as an annual. Its plant height is 30 cm to 60 cm, with many branches, upright stems, and single leaves alternate; flowers White, the flowering period is from early May to the end of July. The fruits are clustered on the branches and have the same flavor as green peppers. The whole plant is used as medicine. The rhizome is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can dispel wind and cold, relax muscles and activate collaterals, and has insecticidal and antipruritic effects.
The plant body has many bifurcated branches. The leaves are 4-7 cm long and ovate. The flowers are often solitary between two branches, with upright pedicels, slightly drooping flowers, and white or purple corollas. Both the fruit stem and the fruit are upright, and the fruit is small, cone-shaped, about 1.5 (-3) cm long, red or purple when mature, and tastes extremely spicy.
Chaotian pepper is cultivated in most areas of my country. Guangxi and Hebei have the largest cultivation areas, followed by Guizhou, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Anhui, Shandong and Inner Mongolia, followed by Sichuan, Hunan and other provinces and cities. There is also cultivation.