Gambia Habanero

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Gambia Habanero

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Gambia Habanero
Hab Gambia; Habañero Gambia; Habanero Gambia Red; Hab Gambia Red; Habañero Gambia Red; Habanero GambiaEdit
C-H-R-7-758
C. chinense
100,000 - 350,000
Very Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)
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This C. chinense cultivar. Ripens to black, habanero-type pods. Clocks in at 100,000–350,000 SHU — very hot, not for the faint of heart. Roots trace to Yucatán, Mexico. A member of the broad habanero family, domesticated thousands of years ago on the Yucatán Peninsula.

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How hot is the Gambia Habanero?

The Gambia Habanero measures 100,000–350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a very hot pepper — roughly 45 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

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