The
jalapeño ( or , ) is a medium-sized
chili pepper pod type
cultivar of the species
Capsicum annuum. A mature jalapeño fruit is long and hangs down with a round, firm, smooth flesh of wide. It is of mild to medium
pungency, having a range of 1,000 to 20,000
Scoville units, depending on
cultivar. Commonly picked and consumed while still green, it is occasionally allowed to fully ripen and turn red orange or yellow, and is wider and milder than the
Serrano pepper.
The Chile Pepper Institute is known for developing colored variations.