Capsicum Chinense
View all the varieties of peppers that are in the Capsicum Chinense family. Check them out below.

These are the species that include all habanero types and the superhots like the Bhut Jolokia and the Trinidad Scorpion. Pods have thinner skin than Annuums and come in many variations and sizes. Even though Aji's are mostly Baccatum there are some in the Chinense family. Also not all Chinense are hot. Varieties like the Trinidad Perfume and Nu Mex Suave are mild but aromatic. My opinion is the Chinense are the most flavorful of them all.



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Antillais Red Caribbean Habanero
Find out about all the different types of Antillais Red Caribbean Habanero Peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. This plant grows really well and produces tons of pods.
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Black Habanero
Find out about all the different types of Black Habanero Peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. It may not be amongst the hottest but may be one of the tastiest.






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Black Stinger
Find out about all the different types of Black Stinger Peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. This habanero type pepper has a short little stubby tail or stinger.
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Congo Black
Find out about all the different types of Congo Black Peppers from Eastern Europe & Russia. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. This pepper comes from the Island of Trinidad.






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Congo Red Trinidad
Find out about all the Congo Red Trinidad Peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. This pepper has a slight sweet and smoky flavor.
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Congo Yellow Trinidad
Find out about all the different types of Congo Yellow Trinidad peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. They have a slight smoky/fruity flavor and average around 150,000-300,000 Scoville units of heat.






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Devil’s Tongue
Find out about all the Devil’s Tongue Peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. The Devil’s Tongue is a chile developed by an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania during the 1990’s.
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Devil’s Tongue Red
Find out about the Devil’s Tongue Red peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. Devil’s Tongue Red came after the creation of the Devil’s Tongue Yellow.






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Chocolate Devil’s Tongue
Find out about the Chocolate Devil’s Tongue peppers. They all fall under the capsicum-chinense family. The flavor is slightly fruity and nutty.
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Fatalii
Find out about the Fatalii Pepper. The Fatalii is a bright Yellow long pendant pods from Central African Republic that have slight citrus flavor.






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Fatalii Red
Find out about the Fatalii Red Pepper. Fatalii Red has a different flavor and pods tend to be shorter than Yellow Fatalii.
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Jamaican Chocolate Habanero
Find out about the Jamaican Chocolate Habanero pepper. The Jamaican Chocolate Habanero grows an abundance of pods that mature from light green to medium or dark brown.






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Jamaican Scotch Bonnet
Find out about the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper. The Jamaican Scotch Bonnet is the most popular Caribbean Habanero type.
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Chocolate Scotch Bonnet
Find out about the Chocolate Scotch Bonnet peppers. The Chocolate Scotch Bonnet peppers ripen from green to dark brown and can get almost 2 inches in diameter.






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Malaysian Goronong
Find out about the Malaysian Goronong pepper. Malaysian Goronong pepper s a rare habanero type from Malaysia.
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Ecuadorian Devil’s Breath
Find out about the Ecuadorian Devil’s Breath pepper. The Ecuadorian Devil’s Breath is a hot chinense variety and claims to be the hottest Ecuador has to offer.






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Orange Habanero
Find out about the Orange Habanero Pepper. The Orange Habanero pepper is the most common of all habaneros consumed in North America.
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Giant White Habanero
Find out about the Giant White Habanero Pepper. The Giant White Habanero has nice citrus tones and is very tasty.






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Roatan Pumpkin Habanero
Find out about the Roatan Pumpkin Habanero pepper. The Roatan Pumpkin Habanero pods are wrinkled and ribbed and have a pumpkin look to them.
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Safi Red Scotch Habanero
Find out about the Safi Red Scotch Habanero peppers. The Safi Red Scotch Habanero is a west African Scotch Bonnet type that has a Scotch Bonnet flavor but a much higher heat level.






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Red Savina
Find out about The Red Savina Pepper. The Red Savina pepper at 550,000 Scoville units it was crowned the Worlds Hottest Pepper in 2006.
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Orange Trinidad Scorpion
Find out about the Orange Trinidad Scorpion Peppers. The Orange Trinidad Scorpion Peppers heat is much lower than red Scorpion but still has a Scorpion taste.






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Ugandan Red Habanero
Find out about the Ugandan Red Habanero Pepper. The Ugandan Red Habanero pepper is very hot and will rival if not surpass the heat of most Red Caribbean types.
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West Indies Red Habanero
Find out about The West Indies Red Habanero Pepper. The West Indies Red Habanero has the same flavor and heat as the Red Savina but also the most aromatic of the habaneros.





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Big Sun Habanero
Find out about The Big Sun Habanero Pepper. The Big Sun is also known as the Yellow Sun Habanero Pepper. A very hot habanero type with a fruity flavor.
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Naranja Habanero
Find out about The Naranja Habanero Pepper. The Naranja Habanero pepper is a variety that mutated from a red habanero variety.






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Yucatan White Habanero
Find out about The Yucatan White Habanero Pepper. The Yucatan White Habanero is jelly bean shaped and originates from the area of Yucatan in southern Mexico.
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Bahamian Goat Pepper
Find out about The Bahamian Goat Pepper. The Bahamian Goat Pepper like other habanero types it tends to have a fruity taste once you get past the burn.






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Cheiro Roxa
Find out about The Cheiro Roxa pepepr. The Cheiro Roxa chile plant is one of the prettiest peppers you could ever grow.
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Pimenta de Neyde
Find out about The Pimenta de Neyde Pepper. The Pimenta de Neyde pepper is named Neyde because that is the name of the woman who discovered it.




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Tshololo
Find out about Tshololo peppers. The Tshololo chile plant can grow over 4 feet and will give you tons of peppers.
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Petenero
Find out about The Petenero Pepper. The Petenero pepper comes from the jungles surrounding the Peten Lake area in Guatemala.






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Tobago Treasure
Find out about The Tobago Treasure Pepper. The Tobago Treasure is a medium heat habanero pepper that resembles a Fatalii or Devil’s Tongue.
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MOA Scotch Bonnets
Find out about the MOA Scotch Bonnets peppers. This variety contains the MOA Scotch Bonnet Red and the MOA Scotch Bonnet Yellow.




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Foodarama Scotch Bonnets
Find out about The Foodarama Scotch Bonnets Pepper variety. The Foodarama Scotch Bonnets contain the Foodarama Scotch Bonnet Red and the Foodarama Scotch Bonnet Yellow.
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Other Scotch Bonnets
Find out about The Other Scotch Bonnets pepper varieties. The Other Scotch Bonnets include the Scotch Bonnet TFM, Scotch Bonnet Freeport Orange, and the Papa Dreadie Scotch Bonnet.






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Murupi Amarela
Find out about the Murupi Amarela Pepper. The Murupi Amarela pepper often dried into powders or used in traditional sauces