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  2. List of Capsicum cultivars - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Hottest chili pepper - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the Chili Pepper Institute called the Trinidad Moruga scorpion the new hottest pepper, saying it had been measured at 2 million SHU, the first time the 2-million mark had been reached. [3] Many of the cultivars developed in the attempt to produce ever-hotter peppers are hybrids of chilies traditionally grown in India and Trinidad. [6]

  4. Chili pepper - Wikipedia

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    Chili peppers of varied colours and sizes: green bird's eye, yellow Madame Jeanette, red cayenne. Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli (from Classical Nahuatl chīlli [ˈt͡ʃiːlːi] ⓘ), are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.

  5. Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new ...

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    The SHU scale to measure chili pepper heat was developed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville in 1912. By comparison, the average jalapeño pepper scores between 3,000 to 8,000 SHU, according to ...

  6. Pepper X - Wikipedia

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    Pepper X resulted from several cross breedings that produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules – the plant tissue holding the seeds. [2] The extensive curves and ridges of a Pepper X chili create more surface area for the plant placenta and locules to grow and retain capsaicin, adding to the intensity of heat experienced when a Pepper X is eaten. [2]

  7. Capsicum annuum - Wikipedia

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    The species is a source of popular sweet peppers and hot chilis, with numerous varieties cultivated all around the world, and is the source of popular spices such as cayenne, chili, pimentón and paprika powders, as well as pimiento (pimento). Capsinoid chemicals provide the distinctive tastes in C. annuum variants.

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