Bhut Jolokia

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Bhut Jolokia
Classification	C. chinense
Type	habanero
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	pendant
Fruit size	small
Heat level	extremely hot
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	800,000 - 1,500,000
Maturity	midseason
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	India

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bhut Jolokia - ripe fruit. 2014-10-23.

B.C KO T

Later season pepper that needs to be started early in our area. It does quite well in 2 gallon pots, but much better in the open ground or larger container. Pods are conical and crinkled, they turn from light green to red color, 2.5-3" long and 1" in diameter at the stem end, Extremely hot and very flavorful and aromatic. (6 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

local nursery

Year grown: 2014

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• Reportedly one of the world’s hottest chilli with an official Scoville heat rating (SHU) of 1,001,304 SHU, twice that of the previous record holder, the Red Savina.
• According to Wikipedia, Bhut Jolokia is an interspecific hybrid cultivated in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur. There was initially some confusion and disagreement about whether it was a Capsicum frutescens or a Capsicum chinense pepper, but DNA tests showed it to be an interspecies hybrid, mostly C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2010 Yearbook by Gary W. Maness of Greensboro, North Carolina (NC MA G) (seeds from NC JO R 2008) and Harry Martz of Imler, Pennsylvania (PA MA H), seeds from NMSU Chile Pepper Institute.
• Assamese: ভোট-জলকীয়া

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Also known as

• Ghost Pepper

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See also

• Bhut Jolokia Peach,
  
• Bhut Jolokia Orange,
  
• Bhut Jolokia White,
  
• Bhut Jolokia Chocolate

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bhut Jolokia - ripe fruit. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bhut Jolokia - ripe fruit. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bhut Jolokia - ripe fruit. 2014-09-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bhut Jolokia - ripe fruit. 2014-10-23.

Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2014		.	.
2013		7 + 2 (as Ghost Pepper)	0
2012		7 + 2 (as Ghost Pepper)	0
2011		1 + 1 (as Ghost Pepper)	0
2010		2 + 1 (as Ghost Pepper)	0
2009		0	.
2008		0	.