India's hottest hybrid chilli produced, claims scientist
A Manipur scientist claims to have successfully synthesised the hottest Indian hybrid chilli. The latest hybrid is derived from capsicum frutescens cultivar, capsicum chinense cv, and the hybrid of the two. Christened "Kishore's fireball," the average pungency of the hybrid chilli is 287,400 heat unit on the Scoville scale with capsaicin (spicy chemical compound in the chillies) content of 1.80%.