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Ghost pepper
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<p>The <i>bhut jolokia</i>, also known as <i>ghost pepper</i> , is an <a href="/facts/Interspecific_hybrid/pzVJ54xU">interspecific hybrid</a> <a href="/facts/Chili_pepper/DuuJkMdR">chili pepper</a> cultivated in <a href="/facts/Northeast_India/JtFJkH2A">Northeast India</a>. It is a hybrid of <i><a href="/facts/Capsicum_chinense/16BD8xg0">Capsicum chinense</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Capsicum_frutescens/pDG6Pxtx">Capsicum frutescens</a></i>. </p><p>In 2007, <i><a href="/facts/Guinness_World_Records/Az88wVWk">Guinness World Records</a></i> certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than <a href="/facts/Tabasco_sauce/0pftyneg">Tabasco sauce</a>. The ghost chili is rated at more than one million <a href="/facts/Scoville_Heat_Unit/Do4qGYeX">Scoville Heat Units</a> (SHUs) and far surpasses the amount of a <a href="/facts/Cayenne_pepper/CzoUPsXg">cayenne pepper</a>. However, in the race to grow the <a href="/facts/Hottest_chili_pepper/Yv4UVsIg">hottest chili pepper</a>, the ghost chili was superseded by the <a href="/facts/Trinidad_Scorpion_Butch_T_pepper/05v4mdhc">Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper</a> in 2011, the <a href="/facts/Carolina_Reaper/0QvBaEdY">Carolina Reaper</a> in 2013 and <a href="/facts/Pepper_X/xSSFdTah">Pepper X</a> in 2023. </p>