Blood Ghost

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Blood Ghost
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C-R-WT-H-9-008RegisteredHow UPN works
800,000 - 1,041,427
RedEdit
Habanero-typeEdit
Landrace - India/BangladeshEdit
Green/MustardEdit
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A C. chinense type. Ripens to red, habanero-type pods, with warty/bumpy. Clocks in at 800,000–1,041,427 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory. Associated with India / Bangladesh. Part of the Ghost/Bhut pepper family from Northeast India, the first peppers to break 1 million SHU.

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Last updated Oct 5, 2026

How hot is the Blood Ghost?

The Blood Ghost measures 800,000–1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a superhot pepper — roughly 130 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

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