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The Bhot Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) (Assamese: ভোট-জলকীয়া), [1][2] also known as Naga Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, ghost chili pepper, red naga chili and ghost chili is an interspecific hybrid cultivated in the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland.[3][4] It also grows in the Indian state of Manipur. Despite initial confusion and disagreement about whether the Bhut was a Capsicum frutescens[5] or a Capsicum chinense pepper, DNA tests showed it to be an interspecific hybrid, mostly C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes.[6]
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Bhot Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) | |
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Heat | Exceptionally hot |
Scoville scale | 330,000–1,532,310-[source not sure] SHU |
Bhot Jolokia is not widely grown as the plant is delicate and difficult to grow since it is susceptible to a variety of pests an diseases.[4]
In 2007, Guinness World Records declared the Ghost Pepper the world's hottest chili pepper; however, in 2012 it was superseded by the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.[7] The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion was also detroned, in December 2013, as the world's hottest pepper.[8]