Dhanraj

Dhanraj is an Indian Capsicum annuum chilli sold as an upright, cluster-fruiting cultivar used for Indian cuisine. Seed supplier descriptions commonly list upright pods produced in clusters, ripening from green to red, with some sources also noting an intermediate orange stage.

Pods are typically described as slender, around 2–2.5 inches long, with some listings extending to about 3.5 inches, and approximately 0.375–0.5 inches wide. Plants are often listed around 24–30 inches tall. Maturity timing is usually described as midseason, around 70–80 days after transplanting, though some sellers list a longer season closer to 90 days.

Heat descriptions vary across sources, with some catalogues calling it medium and others describing it as very hot. No reliable lab-tested Scoville value could be found for this exact cultivar, so 30000 SHU is used here as an estimated single-value figure to represent the hotter end of the reported descriptions.

Dhanraj is treated as a cultivated line sold through the seed trade rather than a documented landrace, and its characteristics appear to vary somewhat between sellers using the same name.