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' Bhutanese pepper ' or 'Ghost pepper' in Assamese [4]), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. [5] [6] It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. [7] In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.
The large, mild form is called bell pepper, or is named by color (green pepper, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, etc.) in North America and South Africa, sweet pepper. The name is simply pepper in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [11] The name capsicum is used in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand. [12]
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A variety that produces capsaicin is colloquially known as a hot pepper or chili pepper. In British English, the sweet varieties are called "peppers" [12] and the hot varieties "chillies", [13] whereas in Australian English and Indian English, the name "capsicum" is commonly used for bell peppers exclusively and "chilli" is often used to ...
Naga Bhut Jolokia - The pepper is also known as Bhut Jolokia, ghost pepper, ghost chili pepper, red naga chilli, and ghost chilli. [20] In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest chili pepper, 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce; however, in 2011 it has since been superseded by the ...
The Gastonia Ghost Peppers are a professional baseball team based in Gastonia, North Carolina, which began play in 2024. They compete in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. [3] [4] The Ghost Peppers play their home games at CaroMont Health Park, which opened
The habanero is named after the Cuban city of La Habana, known in English as Havana, because it used to feature heavily in trading there.(Despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely used in traditional Cuban cooking.) [2] [3] In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled habañero and pronounced / ˌ (h) ɑː b ə ˈ n j ɛər oʊ /, the tilde being added as a ...
Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper having genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense native to Central and South America. [2] Pepper cultivars of C. frutescens can be annual or short-lived perennial plants. Flowers are white with a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla, and are either insect- or self-pollinated.