Carolina Reaper
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Key facts
- Species
- Capsicum chinense
- Hybrid parentage
- Naga pepper x Habanero
- Breeder
- Ed Currie
- Origin
- Fort Mill, South Carolina , U.S.
- Heat
- Exceptionally hot
- Scoville scale
- 1,641,183 SHU
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultivar
- Subclass of
- chili pepper
- Parent taxon
- Capsicum chinense
- Image
- Carolina Reaper pepper pods.jpg
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- taxon rank
- cultivar
- taxon name
- Capsicum chinense 'Carolina Reaper'
- Scoville grade
- 156930000000000000000000000
- Commons category
- Capsicum chinense 'Carolina Reaper'
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Encyclopedic overview
The Carolina Reaper chili pepper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant. Developed by American breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. It was the hottest chili pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records from 2013 to 2023 before it was surpassed by Pepper X, which was also developed by Currie.
Development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carolina Reaper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.