Suryankhi Cluster

Suryankhi Cluster is an Indian Capsicum annuum chilli sold under a descriptive catalogue name rather than a documented traditional vernacular name. The term Suryankhi appears to be a regional or trade label, and no breeder, institute, or formal release record is documented online.

Plants typically reach about 45 to 60 centimetres tall. Pods are upright and borne in clusters, usually around 4 to 6.5 centimetres long and 6 to 9 millimetres wide, ripening from green to red. Harvest is commonly listed as midseason, around 70 to 80 days after transplanting.

All listings describe this variety as very hot, but no lab tested SHU values are published. Online descriptions and comparisons with similar small, clustered Indian chillies place it roughly in the 50,000 to 80,000 SHU range, so a single value of 65000 SHU is used as a practical midpoint estimate.

Seed catalogues associate Suryankhi Cluster with Indian cooking, especially curries, chutneys, and pickles, where clustered high heat pods are typically chopped, crushed, or cooked into sauces rather than used whole.

No specific region within India is consistently named for this entry, and the name appears mainly in modern English language seed catalogues. This supports treating it as a cultivated line in the seed trade rather than a clearly documented historical landrace.