'Trinidad Moruga Scorpion' Pepper is the World's Hottest Measured Chile Pepper at More Than Two Million Scoville Heat Units

Replicated trials with controls at Las Cruces compared five superhot Capsicum chinense cultivars: Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Bhut Jolokia, Trinidad Scorpion, Douglah (Trinidad Chocolate) and Trinidad 7 Pot Jonah. Moruga Scorpion averaged more than 1.2 million Scoville heat units and individual plants exceeded two million, the first confirmed measurement above that level.