Yellow Ghost Pepper

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Yellow Ghost Pepper

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Yellow Ghost Pepper
Bhut Jolokia Yellow; Ghost Yellow; Yellow Bhut; Yellow Bhut Jolokia; Yellow GhostEdit
C-Y-WT-H-9-011RegisteredHow UPN works
855,000 - 1,041,427
YellowEdit
Habanero-typeEdit
Landrace - Northeastern India (Assam/Nagaland)Edit
Green/MustardEdit
Further InformationEdit Edit

This C. chinense cultivar. Ripens to yellow, habanero-type pods, with warty/bumpy. Heat sits around 400,000–850,000 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory. From 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 Yellow Ghost Pepper?

The Yellow Ghost Pepper measures 855,000–1,041,427 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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