People. Places.
Provenance.

Kashmiri regional red chillies

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Kashmiri-labelled market specimen

Disha Patil, Shreya Varute, Gayatri Pawar & Rutuja Kadam · 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Pune-market sample KS_S_001; label supplied by dataset authors. Kashmir farm origin is not verified. Original photograph unchanged; displayed to fit. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Byadagi Kaddi

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Byadagi Kaddi specimens

NIFTEM / MoFPI · Processing of Byadgi Chilli, slide 4

No calibrated scale in the original photograph.

Byadagi Dabbi

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Byadagi Dabbi specimens

NIFTEM / MoFPI · Processing of Byadgi Chilli, slide 4

No calibrated scale in the original photograph.

Noolvi Dabbi

Original variety photograph being sourced.

No photograph could be verified specifically as Noolvi Dabbi. Byadagi Dabbi is not substituted.

Warangal Chapata / tomato chilli

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Chapata pods shown in the report

The New Indian Express · 7 December 2024

No calibrated scale in the original photograph.

Guntur Sannam / S4 type

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Guntur Sannam reference photograph

ICAR Indian Horticulture · May–June 2020, p.132

Low-resolution original: 186 × 138 pixels. No calibrated scale.

Teja

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Teja lot with its original product label

Laxmi Agroils · Dry Red Chilli (Teja)

Photograph identifies the traded lot; seed identity and farm origin have not been independently verified.

Ramanathapuram Mundu / Ramnad Mundu

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Freshly harvested Ramnad Mundu pods

M. Palani Kumar / People’s Archive of Rural India

Bucket provides context, not a calibrated size reference. Fresh fruit should not be size-compared directly with dried pods.

Sattur Samba / southern Tamil Nadu Samba

Original variety photograph being sourced.

A Virudhunagar Samba reference appears in row 10. A separately authenticated Sattur specimen was not found.

Virudhunagar Samba Vathal

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Samba Vathal reference photograph

MABIF · Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre

No calibrated scale in the original photograph.

Khola / Canacona

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Khola chillies at the red-ripe stage

Suvidha Zaraunkar, Khola chilli grower · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Grower-supplied photograph from Soliem, Khola. Harvest context, not a calibrated specimen. Original unchanged; displayed to fit. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Harmal / Harmal-Pernem

Original variety photograph being sourced.

Exact variety photograph being verified. The previous publisher image has not been accepted as specimen evidence.

Bhiwapur / Doda

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. The strongly magenta reference colour was interpreted as natural dried red.

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Dried Bhiwapur chillies

Dr. Narayan Chindhuji Lambat, Bhiwapuri Chilli Growers Association; via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Original has strong magenta colour cast; preserved, not colour-corrected. No calibrated scale. Replaces low-resolution ICAR image.

Sankeshwari

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Sankeshwari-labelled specimen

Disha Patil, Shreya Varute, Gayatri Pawar & Rutuja Kadam · 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Pune-market sample SK_S_001; identity follows the dataset label. No ruler. Original photograph unchanged; displayed to fit. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lavangi / Kolhapuri Lavangi

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Dried Lavangi-labelled specimen

Disha Patil, Shreya Varute, Gayatri Pawar & Rutuja Kadam · 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Pune-market sample LG_S_001; identity follows the dataset label. No ruler. Original photograph unchanged; displayed to fit. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ellachipur Sannam

Original variety photograph being sourced.

No reliably identified Ellachipur Sannam specimen photograph was found.

Nandurbar Mirchi

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. The reference documents a regional harvest, not an authenticated individual cultivar.

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Chillies drying at Nandurbar market

Saam TV · Nandurbar market report · 22 December 2024

Shows the regional market, not an authenticated individual Nandurbar landrace specimen. Use for harvest colour and drying context only.

Khargone Lal Mirch

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. The reference documents a regional harvest, not an authenticated individual cultivar.

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Red-chilli sorting in Khargone

District Khargone, Government of Madhya Pradesh

District-labelled production photograph. Does not distinguish a single cultivar or authenticate a GI-certified lot.

Mathania / Mathania Red

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. The reference documents a regional harvest, not an authenticated individual cultivar.

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Chilli drying documented in Mathania

Tania Chatterjee / Sahapedia

Field-context photograph; individual pod dimensions cannot be measured from this view.

Jwala, Gujarat regional type

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Indian Jwala-labelled fresh red pods

HRSeeds · Indian Jwala Pepper

The original includes a ruler and handwritten label. Overseas seed-grower reference; it does not establish Gujarat farm provenance or equivalence to every regional Jwala population.

Hindpur / Hindupur S7

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph.

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Hindupur S7 at row 3, column 2 of the original 19-type research plate

Smitha Sarojam, Nikhil Mohan, Sumi S. Paul, Baby K. Chacko, Neelesh K. Nema and Viju Jacob, 2020, Figure 2 · CC BY 4.0

Whole original19-type plate637x850 retained; do not portray every pod in the plate as Hindupur. Market identification, not independently traced farm/genotype. Same plate includes334(SANNAM S4) row1col2 and TEJA(S17) row5col1; image is not higher resolution per specimen than a dedicated photograph.

Hathei / Sirarakhong

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Documented Sirarakhong Hathei festival

The Indian Express, Jimmy Leivon report,30 August2018; separate photographer not identified · No reuse licence established; permission required for public commercial use

Documented festival context; no calibrated scale or lot/accession verification. Replaces symbolic basket photo.

Dalle Khursani / red cherry pepper

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Dalle Khursani ripening on the plant

National Portal of India · Namchi ODOP

Green and ripe-red stages are visible. No calibrated scale.

Mizo chilli / Hmarchate

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Mizo chilli at mixed ripeness

NERAMAC · image bears HMARHME.COM credit

Original watermark preserved; red and green fruit are shown. No calibrated scale.

Dhani / northeastern bird’s-eye types

Original variety photograph being sourced.

Dhani covers overlapping bird’s-eye identities. See the explicitly identified Mizo photograph in row 24; it is not relabelled as a separate Dhani specimen.

Bhut Jolokia / Bih Jolokia / ghost chilli

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AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

Photographic reference

Red Bhut Jolokia pods in the foreground

Vikramjit Kakati · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The red foreground pods are the source-labelled Bhut Jolokia; the green background peppers are not identified. Original file metadata also credits U B PHOTOS. Original unchanged; displayed to fit. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Naga Mircha / king chilli

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Ripe and unripe Naga Mircha at a market

Krishnarjun Das · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Source provided by Tribal Factory, Tamulpur, Assam. Source-labelled Naga Mircha; photograph does not establish Nagaland-grown provenance. Original unchanged; displayed to fit. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Banaras Lal Bharwamirch

Displayed illustration — AI illustration created with OpenAI image generation for Indian Chilli Co.

AI-generated photographic-style interpretation of dried red chilli, based on the credited reference. Not a verified specimen, scale comparison or retail-lot photograph. Fresh-reference morphology has been interpreted in dried form; exact drying appearance is not established by that reference.

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Fresh red pods in a Banarasi chilli feature

FarmDidi · Banarasi Red Chilli history feature

The publisher identifies these in its Banarasi chilli feature. Independent farm/accession authentication is unavailable; no calibrated scale.

India outline

Amog, Theo10011 and Thryduulf / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Original outline displayed in white using CSS; interactive regional markers added. Markers are indicative, not farm locations.

CC BY-SA 3.0 licence