The bhut jolokia also known as bih jolokia, u-morok, ghost pepper, ghost chili pepper, red naga chili, Naga Jolokia, and ghost chili, is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Bangladesh and Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It is an interspecies hybrid of C. chinense and C. frutescens genes.
In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 900.5 times hotter than Tabasco sauce; the ghost chili is rated at more than 1 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 SHUs.
As of 2015, it is the seventh hottest pepper following: 7 Pot Primo 1,268, 250 SHU, Naga Viper 1,349,000, Trinidad Scorpion 1,463,700 SHU, 7 Pot Douglah 1,853,936 SHU, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion 2,009,231 SHU, and the North Carolina Reaper at 2,200,000 SHU.