''Siling haba'' ("long chili"), ''espada'' ("sword" in

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), ''siling mahaba'', ''siling pangsigang'' ("chili for ''

sinigang ''Sinigang'' is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savory taste. It is most often associated with tamarind (Filipino: ''sampalok''), although it can use other sour fruits and leaves as the souring agent. It is one of the more ...

''"), ''siling Tagalog'' ("Tagalog chili"), and sometimes called green chili, finger chili or long pepper, is one of two kinds of chili common to the Philippines and

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, the other being ''

siling labuyo ''Siling labuyo'' is a small chili pepper cultivar that developed in the Philippines after the Columbian Exchange. It belongs to the species '' Capsicum frutescens'' and is characterized by triangular fruits which grow pointing upwards. The fru ...

''. Unlike ''siling labuyo'', it belongs to the species ''

Capsicum annuum ''Capsicum annuum'' is a species of the plant genus '' Capsicum'' native to southern North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. This species is the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums. The sp ...

''. The ''siling haba'' fruit grows to between long, and is bright light green in color. While of moderate spiciness, it is much milder and less hot than ''siling labuyo''. It is an ingredient commonly used in

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, spicing up dishes like

, dinuguan, pinangat, kilawin,

paksiw ''Paksiw'' () is a Filipino style of cooking, whose name means "to cook and simmer in vinegar". Common dishes bearing the term, however, can vary substantially depending on what is being cooked. '' Pinangat na isda'' may sometimes also be re ...

, and sisig.

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