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More than 230 hot pepper varieties mapped.
Caribbean (Jamaica and surrounding islands)
The Scotch Bonnet is a fiery Caribbean chili famous for its intense tropical-fruity flavor and signature bonnet shape. It is the essential heat in Jamaican jerk seasoning, curries, and hot sauces across the West Indies.
Read more soonMexico / Central America
The Pequin (or Piquín) is a tiny but extremely potent Mexican wild-type chili known for its explosive heat and complex smoky-fruity flavor. Despite its small size, it packs a serious punch and is a favorite for hot sauces, salsas, and pickling.
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United States
The Mattapeño is a striking variegated jalapeño discovered in a US commercial greenhouse by Matt Ohlendorf. It features heavily marbled white-and-green leaves, purple stems, and green-striped pods that ripen to red with classic earthy flavor and medium heat. Prized for its ornamental beauty and versatility in pickling, salsas, and stuffing.
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Mexico
The Caribbean Red Habanero is a super-hot Capsicum chinense cultivar originating from Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, known for its vibrant red color and intense heat of 300,000 to 445,000 SHU. It features a fruity, citrusy flavor with subtle smokiness and sweetness, making it a staple for salsas and hot sauces. Slightly hotter than standard orange habaneros, it thrives in Caribbean and Mexican dishes
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Trinidad and Tobago
The Trinidad Scorpion is a legendary superhot chili from Trinidad, once one of the hottest peppers in the world. It is known for its extreme heat and surprisingly complex fruity-sweet flavor with a scorpion-tail shape.
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Northeast India
The White Bhut Jolokia, also known as White Ghost Pepper, is a rare creamy-white ripening variant of the superhot Bhut Jolokia from Northeast India. This Capsicum chinense cultivar delivers intense heat around 1 million SHU with a fruity, citrus-forward flavor. It is prized by collectors for its striking appearance and versatility in hot sauces.
Read more soonPakistan
The Dundicut pepper is a small, round chili from Pakistan's Sindh region, often called the national chili of Pakistan. It delivers hot heat (30,000-65,000 Scoville units) with fruity, complex flavor notes and is typically used dried in curries and sauces. Its berry-like shape and dark red color make it distinctive in Pakistani and Indian cuisine.
Read more soonRuoti village, Basilicata region, Italy
An exceptional sweet Italian heirloom frying pepper celebrated for its long, thin, wrinkled pods that deliver an intensely sweet, fruity, candy-like flavor when fried or roasted — often called one of the very best frying peppers with zero heat.
Read more soonUnited States
The Devil's Tongue Pepper is a habanero-type Capsicum chinense cultivar with extreme heat and a distinctive twisted, wrinkled shape resembling a misshapen tongue. It was developed or discovered by an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania in the 1990s. It delivers a sweet, fruity, citrusy flavor alongside 125,000–325,000 SHU of heat, making it ideal for hot sauces and salsas.
Read more soonYucatán Peninsula, Mexico (native to Amazon basin)
The Habanero is a world-famous, very hot *Capsicum chinense* chili known for its intense fruity-citrusy flavor and floral aroma. It is a staple in Mexican, Caribbean, and Latin American cuisine and one of the most recognizable super-hot peppers.
Read more soonPhilippines
Siling Labuyo is a small, fiery chili pepper cultivar native to the Philippines and belonging to the Capsicum frutescens species. Known as the 'wild chili,' it produces tiny erect pods with intense heat of 80,000 to 100,000 Scoville units. It is a staple in traditional Filipino cuisine and recognized as an endangered heritage food by the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
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Assam, India
The Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) is one of the original superhot chilies, once the hottest pepper in the world. It is famous for its extreme heat combined with a surprising sweet, fruity flavor that lingers long after the burn.
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