![]() ![]() Bhut in Hindi means “ghost” while Jolokia translates to pepper or chili. The ghost pepper’s name is a literal translation from its Hindi name: Bhut Jolokia. Where does the name ghost pepper come from? The peppers themselves are red, yellow, orange depending on their ripeness. Generally, a fully ripe ghost pepper measures in from 2.4 to 3.3 in long and 1.0 to 1.2 in wide. An extremely variable plant, the ghost pepper produces a wide range of fruit sizes. The ghost pepper is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper, cultivated in the Northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. ![]() However, how spicy is that to the palate? What is like to bite into one of these infamous chili peppers? Keep reading to find out just how hot a ghost pepper really is! What exactly is the ghost pepper? So spicy, in fact, that the Indian Army uses them to make chili grenades. The ghost pepper is one of spiciest chili peppers in the world.
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