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  2. List of Capsicum cultivars - Wikipedia

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    Generic Italian name for hot chili peppers, specifically the cultivars of the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens. Peperone crusco: Sweet Italy 0 SHU: Italian name for crispy pepper, a dry and sweet variety of capsicum annuum typical of the Basilicata region. Pequin: Small Hot Mexico 100,000–140,000 SHU: Also spelled piquín ...

  3. A Visual Guide to Peppers - AOL

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    By Esther Sung The word "pepper" refers to members of the genus Capsicum, which includes hot varieties, also known as chile peppers, and sweet varieties, such as the bell pepper. Up until the ...

  4. Scoville scale - Wikipedia

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    Pepper stand at Central Market in Houston, Texas, showing its peppers ranked on the Scoville scale The ghost pepper of Northeast India is considered to be a "very hot" pepper, at about 1 million SHU. [1] The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, [2] is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh.

  5. New Mexico chile - Wikipedia

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    Barker's Hot The 'Barker's Hot' chile pepper is an exceptionally hot chile of the New Mexico pod type. The peppers ripen from green to red, with the red fruits being hotter than the green ones. [83] 5–7 inches (13–18 cm) New Mexican 15,000 ~ 30,000 Bailey Piquin Heat level similar to habanero peppers.

  6. Capsicum chinense - Wikipedia

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    The scientific species name C. chinense or C. sinensis ("Chinese capsicum") is a misnomer. All Capsicum species originated in the New World. [7] Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), a Dutch botanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed it originated in China due to their prevalence in Chinese cuisine; it however was later found to be introduced by earlier European ...

  7. Korean chili pepper - Wikipedia

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    Korean chili peppers or Korean hot peppers, also known as Korean red, [1] Korean dark green, [2] or Korean long green [3] peppers according to color (ripening stages), are medium-sized chili peppers of the species Capsicum annuum. The chili pepper is long, slender and mild in flavor and spice.

  8. Siling labuyo - Wikipedia

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    Siling labuyo is generally accepted as the world's smallest hot pepper, as the fruit often measures a mere 0.20 in (0.51 cm) in length by 0.10 in (0.25 cm) in width. [ 6 ] It is listed in the Ark of Taste international catalog of endangered heritage foods of the Philippines by the Slow Food movement.

  9. Trinidad Moruga scorpion - Wikipedia

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    The Trinidad Moruga scorpion (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense) is a chili pepper native to the village of Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago.In 2012, New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute identified the Trinidad Moruga scorpion as the hottest chili pepper at that time, with heat of 1.2 million Scoville heat units (SHUs).