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The Bhut Jolokia is an interspecific hybrid cultivated in the Nagaland and Assam region of northeastern India and parts of neighbouring Bangladesh.[8][9] It grows in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It can also be found in rural Sri Lanka where it is known as Nai Mirris (cobra chili). There was initially some confusion and disagreement about whether the Bhut was a Capsicum frutescens[*0] or a Capsicum chinense pepper, but DNA tests showed it to be an interspecies hybrid, mostly C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes.[*1]

In ***7, Guinness World Records certified the Bhut Jolokia as the world's hottest chili pepper, **0 times hotter than Tabasco sauce,[*2] however as of July ***2[update] Guinness World Records lists the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" as the hottest chili, recognised in March ***1.[*3]