The variety index
Browse 77 varieties
· C. annuum
Hot
C. annuum
Aci Sivri
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Aleppo Pepper
10,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Anaheim
2,500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Mild
C. annuum
Ancho
1,500 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)
Mild
C. annuum
Banana Pepper
500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. annuum
Basket of Fire
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Mild
C. annuum
Beaver Dam
1,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. annuum
Bird's Eye Chilli
100,000 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)
Medium
C. annuum
Cheongyang
23,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Cherry Bomb Pepper
5,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Cherry Pepper
5,000 SHU
Medium
C. annuum
Chilaca
2,500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Chile de Árbol
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. annuum
Chiltepin
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Chipotle
8,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Mild
C. annuum
Cubanelle
1,000 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.