About Mayan Love
Mayan Love is Guatemalan heirloom from Mayan communities. Rating 3,000-5,000 SHU offers mild to medium heat. Traditional in Guatemalan highlands. The flavor is sweet-hot. Important in Mayan culinary tradition. Nearly lost but now being preserved. Very productive plants. The flavor is complex and unique. Shows Mayan agricultural heritage. Important cultural variety.
Flavor profile
Mild to medium heat
In the kitchen
Guatemalan cuisine, Mayan tradition
Growing information
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Days to harvest
- 80-90 days
- Plant height
- 24-30 inches
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