Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

Trinidad Scorpion Pepper
"Butch T"
Trinidad Scorpion pepper pods
SpeciesCapsicum chinense
Hybrid parentageTrinidad scorpion
BreederButch Taylor
OriginCrosby, Mississippi
Heat Exceptionally hot
Scoville scale1,000,000 - 1,463,700 SHU

The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is a Capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the hottest peppers in the world. It is a hybrid pepper and thus not indigenous to anywhere; however, its hybrid parentage is derived from the Trinidad Moruga scorpion indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. It was named by Neil Smith from The Hippy Seed Company, after he got the seeds originally from Butch Taylor (the owner of Zydeco Farms in Woodville/Crosby, Mississippi, and a hot sauce company) who is responsible for propagating the pepper's seeds. The "scorpion" peppers are referred to as such because the pointed end of the pepper is said to resemble a scorpion's stinger.