Ghost Pepper
Capsicum chinense × frutescensNortheast India2007
1.04M SHU
1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units
0 SHU16M SHU
Also known as Bhut Jolokia. The first pepper to officially exceed one million SHU, earning the Guinness World Record in 2007. Native to the Assam region of India where it has been cultivated for centuries.
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