Here is a website showing the rocoto from Peru.

http://www.anaperuana.com/2010/06/27/rocoto-chili-peppers-in-arequipa-peru/

Not sure if this is what you are talking about. Looks like they have Black seeds. I am not familiar with them but I might have to try to get some seeds.

Wow, black seeds? Never seen that in a pepper before, thats pretty awesome.

Edymnion - Yeah, Pubescens have black seeds. Kind of funky.

hello,
rjs55555 I looked at those peppers and they are more rounded, not like the pepper I saw in Cusco.
I took a pitcure using my sons camara and the picture is a little blurry but I'm not sure how to post the picture.

tinley244

Rocotos ,Manzanos and Locotos come in a lot of different shapes.
Photobucket doesn't like firefox update right now so I can't post pics...

just like pretty much all peppers the pods show variations, none of the peppers on my 2 red rocotos last season were round, there were more elongated not saying they looked like the ones you saw in peru, but they werent round, and yes all pubescens that i've seen have large hard black seeds

I am from Peru and rocotos are "roundish" and have black seeds