# Murupi

Also known as pimenta murupi, pimenta-murupi, murupi amarela.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

Murupi is a Capsicum chinense landrace from Amazonas and Pará, Brazil. Capsi’s sourced range is 103,051–200,000 SHU (Official breeder). Flavor is citrus, fruity, floral. Used for Tucupi sauces, tacacá, vinegar or oil pickles, fish and shrimp dishes, and dried jiquitaia powder.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 6.3 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 200,000 SHU · Official breeder
  Ribeiro, C.S. da C.; Carvalho, S.I.C. de; Reifschneider, F.J.B.; Bianchetti, L. de B.; Lopes, C.A.; Lima, M.F.; Reis, A.; Quezado-Duval, A.M.; Pinheiro, J.B.; Inoue-Nagata, A.K.; Ragassi, C.F. (2021) Embrapa Hortaliças, Circular Técnica 172
  https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/bitstream/doc/1129544/1/CT-172-25-jan-2021.pdf

- 130,000–200,000 SHU · Official breeder
  Embrapa Hortaliças (2026) Grupo A Hora
  https://grupoahora.net.br/conteudos/2026/03/13/embrapa-testa-novas-variedades-de-pimenta/

- 103,051–158,086 SHU · Official breeder
  Bruna Ribeiro (2021) Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso, Instituto Federal Goiano · HPLC
  https://repositorio.ifgoiano.edu.br/bitstream/prefix/2275/1/TCC%20BRUNA%20RIBEIRO%20.pdf

- 60,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Semente Rara
  https://www.sementerara.com.br/pimenta-murupi-20-sementes

- 50,000–100,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  (2024) World of Superhots
  https://worldofsuperhots.com/pepper-index/murupi-amarela/

- 100,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  (2024) World of Superhots
  https://worldofsuperhots.com/pepper-index/murupi-amarela/

- 100,000–350,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  HRSeeds
  https://www.hrseeds.com/product-page/murupi-giant-pepper

## Heritage

Landrace

Murupi is a traditional landrace.

INPA’s 2018 field study treats twenty Amazonian accessions as landraces with no named parents. Embrapa and the Roraima surveys place the morphotype with indigenous and riverine growers in Amazonas, Pará, and Roraima.

## Page sources

- [Embrapa Hortaliças circular on Capsicum cultivars, murupi description and official heat](https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/bitstream/doc/1129544/1/CT-172-25-jan-2021.pdf)
- [INPA study of 20 Murupi landraces from the Brazilian, Peruvian, and Colombian Amazon](https://www.scielo.br/j/hb/a/vF9WRGJGSdBxJw5FYrMYH9B/?lang=en)
- [Roraima survey naming murupi as a traditional indigenous C. chinense morphotype](https://www.scielo.br/j/aa/a/Nb563cz89PjF9xNy4g3JpVc/)
- [Postharvest study of Murupi fruit harvested in Boa Vista, Roraima](https://www.scielo.br/j/hb/a/CPym7FsyrRFZLQZDStRKDBw?lang=en)
- [Saveur report on tacacá in Manaus, including murupi chile sauce](https://www.saveur.com/brazil-tacaca-soup/)
- [Brazilian seed listing for traditional pimenta murupi](https://www.sementerara.com.br/pimenta-murupi-20-sementes)
- [European catalog listing for Murupi Amarela](https://pepperseeds.eu/murupi-amarela/)

## FAQ
### How hot is Murupi?

Capsi’s sourced range is 103,051–200,000 SHU (Official breeder). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Murupi taste like?

Citrus and ripe fruit over a floral chinense scent. The burn sits on the lips and the front of the tongue.

### How do I grow Murupi?

Murupi: about 100 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Murupi?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/murupi
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data