The Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) also known as Naga Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, ghost pepper, ghost chili pepper, red naga chilli and ghost chilli is an inter-specific hybrid cultivated in the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland.It grows in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. There was initially some confusion and disagreement about whether the Bhut was a Capsicum frutescens or a Capsicum chinense pepper, but DNA tests showed it to be an interspecies hybrid, mostly C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes.
In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest chili pepper, 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce; however, as of 2012 it was superseded by the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.
On December 26, 2013 the Guinness World Records voted the Carolina Reaper the world's hottest pepper, dethroning the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.
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