In northeastern India, bhut jolokia is also known as the "king chili" or "king cobra chilli'". In Manipur, the chili is called umorok or oo-morok or 'tree chili'. It has also been called the Tezpur chili after the Assamese city of Tezpur. Other usages on the subcontinent are saga jolokia, 'Indian mystery chili' and 'Indian rough chili'. This name is especially common in other regions where it is grown, such as Assam and Manipur. Similarly, in Nagaland, one of the regions of cultivation, the chili is called naga jolokia ('Naga chili' also romanized nôga zôlôkia) and bhut jolokia (also romanized bhût zôlôkiya). In Assam, the pepper is also known as bih zôlôkia (বিহ জলকীয়া) meaning 'poison chili', from Assamese bih meaning 'poison' and zôlôkia meaning 'chili pepper', denoting the plant's heat. The name bhüt jolokia (ভুট জলকীয়া) means 'Bhutanese pepper' in Assamese the first element bhüt, meaning 'Bhutan', was mistakenly confused for a near- homonym bhut (ভুত) meaning 'ghost'. However, in the race to grow the hottest chili pepper, the ghost chili was superseded by the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper in 2011, the Carolina Reaper in 2013 and Pepper X in 2023. The ghost chili is rated at more than one million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs) and far surpasses the amount of a cayenne pepper. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. ' Bhutan pepper' in Assamese ), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. The ghost pepper, also known as bhut jolokia ( lit. Northeast India (especially in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland).
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