Naga Tiger

Naga Tiger is a modern Italian Capsicum chinense hybrid created by Diego Drax and circulated in the specialist superhot seed trade. In current exact-name listings it is described as a very hot pepper with ghost-level to higher heat, fruity smoky flavour, and a dramatic ripe finish described as glowy red, molten-lava red, or deep red with smoky black mottling.

The pods are shown and described as uneven, wrinkled, and strongly contorted rather than smooth, with curved or slightly pointed ends and a dark immature stage before the red mature colour develops. Current retail imagery and descriptions consistently present the pepper as a dark ornamental superhot with a charred, black-mottled ripe appearance rather than a plain solid red finish.

Its current public history is tied to hobbyist and boutique seed circulation rather than to an older regional heirloom tradition. The earliest exact-name public reference located is a Reddit harvest post dated September 13, 2023. By current trade listings, the pepper was already established enough to be sold and described through specialist sellers, and related Naga Tiger DD material was publicly documented in 2022, showing that the broader line was in circulation by that period.

Culturally, Naga Tiger belongs to the recent collector scene for visually aggressive superhots, where dark pigmentation, mottled ripening, and unusual pod texture are part of the appeal as much as raw heat. In current circulation it is grown for its ornamental dark phases, smoky-fruity flavour, and the striking red-and-black finish that defines the named line.