Indian PC-1 is not
Naga Jolokia
Chilli Heat Level ???
This striking and very useful chilli from Assam an area in India close to the famous city of Tezpur, renowned for bringing us some of the hottest varieties around. 21/2" chillies, The chilli has a cited heat level of 855,000 SHU but it is
very doubtful it holds this much heat!!!!
Probably it would be closer to 100,000 SHU if, that. Lots of seed
suppliers call it Naga Jolokia by mistake. According
to our informed local experts, the chilli tested with a heat
level of 855,000 SHU was actually the Bhut Jolokia which in
some parts of India is called Naga Jolokia, Naga being an
area and Jolokia meaning Pepper or chilli. This was
the chilli tested with a recorded heat level of 855,000 SHU.
Indian PC-1 is a Capsicum annuum. As you can see from the
photographs, the Indian PC-1 chilli (AMKA also mistakenly
known as the Naga Jolokia)
actually bears no resemblance to the Capsicum Chinense
family to which all the hottest varieties belong. This is no
reason not to grow it but please do not mistake it for the
similarly named but much hotter Bhut/Bih Jolokia.
You could always grow it and prove us wrong
J
£3 for 10 seeds
