Labuyo

'Siling Labuyo'
'Siling Labuyo' pepper
Genus	Capsicum
Species	Capsicum frutescens
Cultivar	'Siling Labuyo'
Heat	Very hot
Scoville scale	80,000 - 100,000 SHU

Siling labuyo is a small chili pepper cultivar native to the Philippines. It belongs to the species Capsicum frutescens. The cultivar name is Tagalog, and literally translates to "wild chili." It is used widely in Philippine Cuisine, though not as ubiquitously as other chili cultivars on other cuisines of Southeast Asia.

Siling labuyo is officially known under the cultivar name Capsicum frutescens 'Siling Labuyo'. It belongs to the species Capsicum frutescens. Related cultivars to 'Siling Labuyo' include 'Tabasco', 'Malagueta', and 'African Birdseye'.

The common name is Tagalog for "wild chili". Other local names for it include chileng bundok, siling palay, pasitis, pasite (Tagalog), katumbal, kutitot, siling kolikot (Bisaya), silit-diablo (Ilocano), lada, rimorimo (Bicolano), and paktin (Ifugao).

Red bird's eye chilies, are commonly mislabeled as siling labuyo in Filipino markets. But they are actually a chili pepper cultivar from a different species (Capsicum annuum) that came by way of Thailand.These are said to pack a little more heat than the native siling labuyo and are popular with retailers because their color and shape are more consistent and they have a longer shelf life.