Moruga Scorpion
Also known as Moruga Scorpion Pepper · Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
The Moruga Scorpion is one of the world’s most extreme superhot peppers, once holding records as the hottest chili on Earth. It delivers ferocious heat with a surprisingly sweet, fruity, and floral complexity.
Growing
~120 days to maturity
Fruit size
5–8 cm
Flavor & Use
Sweet and intensely fruity with bright citrus, floral, and tropical notes. The heat is ferocious and long-lasting, yet the complex sweetness remains noticeable even under the extreme burn.
Culinary
About
Moruga Scorpion peppers are 2–3 inches long, heavily wrinkled, pod-shaped with a pronounced scorpion-tail tip. They ripen from green to a vibrant bright red. The skin is thin and bumpy; the walls are juicy. Heat is extreme (1,200,000–2,009,231 SHU).
Backstory
Discovered in the Moruga region of Trinidad and Tobago, this pepper stunned the world in the early 2010s when it was tested at over 2 million Scoville units, briefly holding the Guinness World Record for hottest pepper. It is a variant of the Trinidad Scorpion family and remains a benchmark for extreme heat with real flavor.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
We don't have a documented family for this pepper yet.
The named parents aren't linked in Capsi yet.
Peppers bred from Moruga Scorpion