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Naga viper chilli

Naga Viper

Species: Capsicum chinense [Hybrid]
Scoville Heat Units: 1,382,118 SHU
Heat Category: Nuclear
Origin: Cark, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, UK
Flavour: Smokey naga flavour and extremely hot.
Background: Briefly the hottest chilli in the world in 2011, this is a three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut Jolokia and the Moruga Scorpion so can be unstable.