>"The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant.[1] Developed by South Carolina breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bump

>"The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant.[1] Developed by South Carolina breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. In 2017, Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T".[2]" [...] "Scoville scale: 1,569,300 on average SHU" Related: Scoville Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale