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Capsicum annuum

Tejaswini Hybrid

Hybrid India
Scoville Heat Units 40,000
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About this pepper

Tejaswini Hybrid, also sold as MHP 1 Tejaswini, is an Indian Capsicum annuum hybrid that appears in commercial seed listings and academic variety trials under the name Tejaswini.

Pods are pendant and ripen from green to glossy red. Listed fruit size is commonly about 8.0 to 9.0 centimetres long and 7.0 to 9.0 millimetres in diameter. Plants typically reach about 61.0 to 76.5 centimetres in height. Season is usually described as midseason, around 70 to 80 days after transplanting.

The hybrid is marketed in India as a dual purpose chilli, suitable for use both green and fully ripe red. Seed companies describe it as very high pungent with strong capsaicin expression and heavy bearing, indicating prolific production.

No official lab tested SHU value is publicly published for this exact hybrid. Descriptions consistently place it in the hot to very hot category. A single value of 40000 SHU is used here as a conservative estimate consistent with published descriptions, not as a confirmed laboratory figure.