As of April 12, 2011, the world's hottest pepper according to Guinness World Records was a specimen of Naga Viper pepper. A laboratory test showed a specimen of Trinidad Scorpion Butch T at 1,463,700 Scoville heat units, making it hotter than a specimen of the Naga Viper's at 1,382,118. You are buying 20 NAGA VIPER Pepper Seeds. The plant looks like a little tree with purple stems and dark green leaves with a black tinge. It is a 3-way hybrid between a Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) and a Trinidad Scorpion created in the UK. The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of The Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria. It's short reign has made this one of the more rare and hard to find seeds. A multiple cross between three superhots produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut jolokia and the Trinidad scorpion, some of the world's hottest peppers.SHU 1,380,000 This is the Matthew Arthur strain. Purple Viper Naga is one of the most beautiful chilli plants we ever have seen. The Naga Viper held the record for the world's hottest pepper for a short time and has since been beat by four other peppers and is currently the 5th hottest pepper. Purple Viper Naga C. Chinense. With its score of 1,382,118 on the Scoville scale it held the Guinness World Record in 2011. It is a 3-way hybrid between a Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) and a Trinidad Scorpion created in the UK. Dried Naga Viper [1,000,000 SHU] Naga Viper is a hybrid chilli created in England by crossing three chillies: Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia, and Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.