Cheongyang chili pepper

The Cheongyang chili pepper (Korean: 청양고추) is a medium-sized chili cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum, with intensity of 10,000 Scoville heat units.^[1] Cheongyang chili peppers look similar to regular Korean chili peppers, but are many times spicier.

Cheongyang chili pepper
Unripe Cheongyang chili peppers in a basket
Species	Capsicum annuum
Origin	South Korea
Heat	Hot
Scoville scale	10,000 SHU
Korean name
Hangul	청양고추
Hanja	靑陽고추
RR	cheongyanggochu
MR	ch'ŏngyanggoch'u
IPA	tɕʰʌŋ.jaŋ.ɡo.tɕʰu

The chili is a local speciality of Cheongyang County in South Korea.^[2] However, it was named after Cheongsong and Yeongyang Counties when developed by Yoo Il-Woong, by hybridizing local Jeju Province chili with Thai chili.^[3] The fruits can be light purple or green when unripe, and darken to a deep red as they ripen. The peppers retain their dark red color when dried.^[4] In the 1990s, the rights of the pepper were sold to Monsanto.^{[citation needed]}