List of Capsicum cultivars
Name Heat Description
Adjuma 100,000-500,000 SR Very hot , originally cultivated in Suriname
Ají Dulce 0-50 SR It is a type of seasoning pepper . It refers to a specific variety of Capsicum chinense that is related to the habanero but with a much milder flavor
Bhut Jolokia Up to 1,040,000 SR This cultivar originated in Northeast India , and was once confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the hottest pepper . It is an interspecific hybrid , largely C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes . It is also known as naga jolokia and ghost pepper
Carolina Reaper 1,569,300-2,200,000 SR Extremely hot pepper , currently the Guinness book of world records holder as of August 7 , 2013
Datil 100,000-300,000 SR A very hot chili ; primarily grown in Florida
Fatalii 125,000-325,000 SR Grown in central and southern Africa , it is very similar in appearance to and often confused with the devil 's tongue habanero
Habanero 100,000-350,000 SR Once considered to be the hottest chili pepper , the habanero has been surpassed by other hot varieties , but it is nonetheless hotter than most commonly available cultivars . The habanero has a subtle , fruity flavour and a floral aroma . It is closely related to many other very hot peppers . Disseminated to China over 500 years ago by Spanish and Portuguese explorers , it became so much a part of Chinese cuisine , botanists who found it in China thought it was native to the area and thus named this species Capsicum chinense , based on the habaneros from China
Hainan Yellow Lantern 300,000 SR Also known as the yellow emperor chili , it grows only in Hainan , China
Infinity chili 1,176,182 SR
Madame Jeanette 100,000-350,000 SR Originally cultivated in Suriname
Naga Morich 1,000,000 SR
Naga Viper 1,382,118 SR
NuMex peppers The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University has developed a number of unusual chile cultivars . NuMex Suave Orange peppers pictured
Red Savina 200,000-580,000 SR
Scotch Bonnet 150,000-325,000 SR Named because of its resemblance to a Tam o ' Shanter , this fruit is closely related to the habanero and is similarly hot . Due to its heat and distinct flavour , it is often used in Caribbean cuisine
Trinidad moruga scorpion Up to 2,000,000 SR Former World-record holder for hottest chili as of 2012
Trinidad Scorpion 'Butch T ' Up to 1,400,000 SR Former world-record hottest chili
Cultivars -- Capsicum chinense
Main article : Capsicum chinense Capsicum chinense or `` Chinese capsicum '' is a misnomer since all Capsicum species originated in the New World . Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin ( 1727–1817 ) , a Dutch botanist , named the species in that way in 1776 because he believed they originated in China . Most of the peppers of this species have a distinctive flavor and are similar in flavor to each other . [ citation needed ]
This is a list of Capsicum cultivars belonging to the five major species of cultivated peppers (genus Capsicum): C. annuum, C. chinense, C. baccatum, C. frutescens, and C. pubescens. Due to the large and changing number of cultivars, and the variation of cultivar namings in different regions, this list only gives a few examples of the estimated 50,000 pepper varieties that exist.