Draft:7 Pot Pepper

7 Pot Pepper, (also known as Siete Caldos, Devils Pepper, Seven Pod) is a cultivar of Capsicum Chinense. Believed to originate from Trinidad And Tobago, It is closely related to Trinidad Scorpion.

Pungency
Varieties of 7 Pot peppers have a wide range of pungency, however most of them are considered as some of the worlds hottest peppers. With an average of more than a million Scoville units.

This high pungency is caused due to a feature known as Ectopic Placenta found on few capsicum chinense cultivars, where the internal pericarp of the pepper is lined with placenta, in which capsaicinoids, (pungent compounds) are synthesized. Also creating unique Wrinkles and rough deformities in the outside of the pepper.

Varieties And Hybrids
Multiple natural colors of 7 pot pepper exist. Red, Yellow and Brown being the most common, with lesser known colors such as Peach, Orange, Mustard-Green and White also being available.

Due to the extreme pungency and unique flavor of 7 pot peppers, Chilli Pepper Breeders have used them in attempts to create hotter peppers, Examples of this is the 7 Pot Infinity which held the Guinness world Record for hottest pepper for 2 weeks in 2011. As well as the 7 Pot Primo, A hybrid of 7 pot pepper and Naga Morich created in 2005.

Origin Of Name
Theres 2 prevalent theories from where the name Seven Pot Originated. The First One States that the Pepper Is Called 7 Pot due to the high pungency of an individual fruit being able to Spice 7 pots of stew, reflected on the Spanish name (Siete Caldos) meaning seven broths.

Another theory states that the real name comes from Seven Pod, pod referring to ribs, or sections, that due to the feature of ectopic placenta are created often in the pepper, the name (7 Pot) therefore would be a corruption. With the pattern of caribbean peppers being usually named due to their shape, (such as Scotch Bonnet Pepper), lending credence to this theory.

Thus its common to see both names (7pot) and (7pod) being used interchangeably.