Capsicum chinense
Habanero fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Capsicum
Species:	C. chinense
Binomial name
Capsicum chinense Jacq.

Capsicum chinense (syn. Capsicum sinense) is a species of chili peppers that includes the following varieties:

• Adjuma (Suriname)
• Ají Limo or Naucho (Peru)
• Ají dulce (Venezuela)
• Datil (Florida)
• Fatalii (South central Africa)
• Habanero chile (Caribbean, Central America and Mexico)
  • Habanero cultivar Red Savina pepper
• Madame Jeanette (Suriname)
• Naga Jolokia pepper (Assam)
  • Naga Jolokia cultivar Dorset Naga pepper
• Scotch bonnet (Jamaica)

Capsicum chinense or "Chinese capsicum" is a misnomer since all capsica originate in the New World. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), a Dutch botanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed that they originated in China.^[1]

It includes the spiciest peppers in existence.

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Bosland, P.W. 1996. Capsicums: Innovative uses of an ancient crop. p. 479-487. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA.

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