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Naga Morich

Chinese variety of chili pepper

Field	Value
name	Naga Morich
image	Naga_jolokia_chili.jpg
alt	Unripe Naga Jolokia (Naga Morich) chilis
origin	Bangladesh and Northeast India
heat	Exceptionally hot
scoville	SR: 800,000

The Naga Morich is a chili pepper originally grown primarily in Bangladesh and Northeast India. It is also one of the hottest known chilli peppers and measures 800,000 SHU on Scoville scale. bn is the word for chilli pepper in Bengali (. (, as), Nepali, Hindi () and the languages of Nagaland and Manipur. "Naga Mircha" is registered under the Geographical Indications (GI) of Nagaland by Government of India.

Plant characteristics

The Naga Morich is a small-medium shrub with large leaves, with small five-petaled flowers, and blisteringly hot fruit. It differs from the Bhut Jolokia and Bih Jolokia, in that it is slightly smaller with a pimply ribbed texture as opposed to the smoother flesh of the other two varieties.

Distribution

The Naga is a species found in Bangladesh and Northeastern India, more specifically in Nagaland, Manipur and Assam.

They are also grown in the United States, United Kingdom (as subspecies Dorset Naga) and Australia for the production of hot sauces, and in Finland, where it is mainly sold fresh in supermarkets.

American breeder Ed Currie used the Naga Morich to create the hybrid Carolina Reaper chili pepper cultivar in the race to grow the hottest chili pepper.

References

It is extensively cultivated in northeastern India, especially in the states of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur. https://www.frontalagritech.com/chillies-peppers-herbs {{Webarchive. link. (2023-02-10)
"The Scoville Scale". Chilipepper.com.
(2023-11-19). "Naga Mircha".
"Hottest Chili". [[Guinness World Records]].

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