Red Domenican Habanero

Entry Completeness90%
Red Domenican Habanero placeholder image
Red Domenican Habanero
Hab Red Domenican; Habañero Red Domenican; Habanero Red DomenicanEdit
C-H-R-7-244
C. chinense
100,000 - 350,000
Very Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)
RedEdit
Further InformationEdit Edit

This C. chinense cultivar. Ripens to red, habanero-type pods. Heat sits around 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 Red Domenican Habanero?

The Red Domenican 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).

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

Support WikiPepper
Chat with Artie!