🔥Chinense Peppers

Capsicum Chinense

Hundreds of cultivars

Despite the misleading name (coined by a botanist who thought they came from China), these peppers originate from the Amazon basin. This species includes the world's hottest peppers and many Caribbean favorites.

💡Every world-record hottest pepper since 2006 has been a C. chinense cultivar. The Carolina Reaper hit 2.2 million SHU, and Pepper X reportedly exceeds 2.6 million.

18 peppers

🔥 habanero 🔥 chocolate habanero 🔥 red savina 🔥 scotch bonnet 🌶️ datil 🔥 fatalii 🌶️ adjuma 🌶️ madame jeanette 🔥 carolina reaper 🔥 ghost pepper 🔥 trinidad scorpion 🔥 7 pot 🔥 7 pot primo 🔥 komodo dragon pepper 🔥 pepper x 🔥 trinidad moruga scorpion 🔥 naga viper 🔥 dorset naga

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