Habanero Pepper: Caribbean Red
(Capsicum chinense)

Capsicum chinense or bonnet peppers are typically very hot including the hottest peppers in the world according to the Scoville scale. These include the habanero, ghost peppers, and bonnet peppers. ECHO also has a unique “Sweet” Habanero that produces peppers that are not hot, although occasionally some fruits will revert to the typical hot pepper.

A red, open-pollinated hot habañero pepper. 90 days to maturity. The fruit can grow to about 5cm in length and 2.5cm in diameter, is wrinkled, and matures from green to a stunning red. This is an extremely hot habanero pepper with a Scoville Rating of 445,600 SHUs.