Pepper X – Wikipedia
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Cultivar of Capsicum chili pepper
Pepper X is a cultivar of Capsicum chili pepper bred by Ed Currie, creator of the Carolina Reaper.[2][3][4] As of 2023, it’s the world’s hottest pepper.[5]
Breeding[edit]
The distinctive pungency of the chili was developed over 10 years of cultivation for desired traits to emerge via selective plant breeding, and 10 or extra generations for the hybrid chilis to stabilize with the specified intense pungency.[2][5] The Pepper X breeder, Ed Currie, produced 100 hybrid crosses per 12 months with the intent that one or two would succeed for the 10-year growth cycle.[2][5]
Pungency[edit]
Pepper X resulted from a number of cross breedings that produced an exceptionally excessive content material of capsaicin within the locules – the plant tissue holding the seeds.[2] The in depth curves and ridges of a Pepper X chili create extra surface area for the plant placenta and locules to develop and retain capsaicin, including to the depth of warmth skilled when a Pepper X is eaten.[2] Ingestion of a Pepper X chili causes intense stomach cramps.[2]
Guinness World Document[edit]
On August 23, 2023, Guinness World Records formally acknowledged Pepper X because the world’s hottest chili pepper, measuring 2.69 million SHU, beating the earlier world report of 1.64 million SHU held by the Carolina Reaper.[5]
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