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Ghost Red Pepper Plant

Name: Ghost Red Pepper Plant
Brand: Austin Peppers
Price: 10.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Ghost Red is a C. chinense pepper variety, rated superhot at roughly 948,214 Scoville heat units, producing red pods. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Ghost Pepper, Bhut Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Raja Mirchi.

Also known as: Ghost Pepper, Bhut Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Raja Mirchi

Ghost Red pepper plant, ripe red pods, superhot, (C. chinense)

Heat Level: Superhot (948,214 SHU)

Species: C. chinense

Pod Color: Red

Price: $10.00 USD

Bhut jolokia — the Ghost Pepper. Native to the Assam region of northeastern India and Bangladesh. Capsicum chinense, 855,000–1,041,427 SHU. Held the Guinness World Record as the world’s hottest pepper from 2007 to 2011. Thin-walled, bumpy red pods. Heat builds slowly and lasts — a sustained burn, not a quick spike. Used in Indian cuisine and Indian military smoke grenades.

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