Habanero Sucutuba

Entry Completeness80%
Habanero Sucutuba placeholder image
Habanero Sucutuba
Hab Sucutuba; Habañero SucutubaEdit
Not set
C. chinense
100,000 - 350,000
Very Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)
Not setEdit
Further InformationEdit Edit

A member of the C. chinense group. 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.

LinksEdit Edit

How hot is the Habanero Sucutuba?

The Habanero Sucutuba 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).

Was this helpful? WikiPepper is free, ad-free, and community-run.

Support WikiPepper
Chat with Artie!