'Bhut Jolokia' - The World's Hottest Known Chile Pepper is a Putative Naturally Occurring Interspecific Hybrid

Replicated trials at Las Cruces, New Mexico measured 'Bhut Jolokia' at one million Scoville heat units, displacing Red Savina. Morphological characters place it in Capsicum chinense, and RAPD marker analysis confirmed that placement while indicating probable genetic introgression from Capsicum frutescens.