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Carolina Reaper Red Pepper Plant

Heat Level: Superhot (1,050,000 SHU)

Species: C. chinense

Pod Color: Red

Price: $25.00 USD

The Guinness World Record-holding hottest pepper, certified in 2013. Developed by Ed Curlin (“Smokin’ Ed”) at PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Capsicum chinense, 1,500,000–2,200,000 SHU. Distinctive wrinkled red pod with a scorpion-like pointed tail. Some individual pods test above 2 million SHU. Grow it for hot sauces and for the novelty. Do not eat it casually.

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