The variety index
Browse 38 varieties
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Hot
C. annuum
Aci Sivri
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. baccatum
Aji Amarillo
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. chinense
Aji Charapita
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. baccatum
Aji Crystal
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. chinense
Aji Limo
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. baccatum
Aji Limon
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. baccatum
Aji Pineapple
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Apache
80,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Aurora Pepper
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. baccatum
Bishop's Crown
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Black Pearl
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Bolivian Rainbow
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Buena Mulata
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Calabrian Chilli
40,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Cayenne
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Cayenne Ring of Fire
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Chile de Árbol
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Diavoletto d'Abruzzo
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Dundicut
65,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Ellachipur Sanman
50,000 SHU

Hot
C. annuum
Erjingtiao
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Facing Heaven Pepper
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Filius Blue
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Fish Pepper
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Heat figure has a published source on record. Unmarked figures are compiled from references we haven't yet cited on the page — accurate as far as we know, but not something you should have to take on trust.