 Both the bird's eye chili and "siling tingala" are popular with retailers because their color and shape are more consistent and they have a longer shelf life, but they are regarded as less spicy than "siling labuyo".Like other "Capsicum frutescens" cultivars, "siling labuyo" has a compact habit, growing between high.They have smooth ovate to lanceolate leaves that are around in length with pointed tips.