Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 100-120 days 1 independent reference · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
The species here is supported by Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Moruga Scorpion and Butch T are separate selections; both are sold as 'Trinidad Scorpion'.
Origin & history
From the Moruga region of Trinidad, and measured by New Mexico State's Chile Pepper Institute in 2012 at over two million Scoville units, briefly making it the hottest pepper on record.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 100-120 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
| Scoville heat | 1,200,000-2,000,000 SHU | Averaged more than 1.2 million SHU across replicated trials, with individual plants exceeding two million: the first confirmed measurement above that level. |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 87% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 99% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Brain Strain
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Douglah
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Primo
100-130 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Yellow
100-130 days
- open-pollinated
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate
100-130 days
- open-pollinated
Carolina Reaper
90-120 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, all independent references.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
- Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums · CABI (2012), Scholarly Reference
- 'Trinidad Moruga Scorpion' Pepper is the World's Hottest Measured Chile Pepper at More Than Two Million Scoville Heat Units · HortTechnology 22(4) (2012), Peer-Reviewed