The Chiltepin Pepper is another hot pepper or Capsicium annum. It is not to be consfused with either the Pequin or a Turkish pepper. It is one of the few peppers native to North America though also can be found in South America. Tepin is derived from a Nahuatl (native Aztec/Central American/Mexican culture) word meaning "flea." They are a wild pepper that has been growing across the American South-West for centuries.

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