Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
History: Said to be the second spiciest pepper.
Country of Origin: Trinidad and Tobago

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Other: Sinense
Pepper Shape: Wrinkled
Other: Ribbed ovoid, often with small pointed nipple on end.
Fruit Length: 2 - 2.5 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 1.5 - 1.75 inches
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Orange to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 120+ color not specified
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): Averages 1,200,000 SHU, some reported as high as 2,000,000.
Heat: Ultra Hot >300K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 24 - 30 inches
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Child plants: one child plant

Image
Common names
  • Hot Chili Pepper

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Uploaded by cycadjungle

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photo credit: Slam
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Feb 8, 2014 10:20 AM concerning plant:
    A golf ball-sized pepper reported to be among the hottest in the world. Heat tops more than 1.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale; fruits from some individual plants reached 2 million heat units.

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