Scotch bonnet (pepper)
Scotch bonnet, also known as scotty bons, bonney peppers or Caribbean red peppers is a variety of chili pepper. Also called 'Ata rodo' by Yoruba natives of Nigeria and "Kpakpo shitto" by natives of Accra,Ghana. Found mainly in the Caribbean islands, it is also in Guyana (where it is called the ball-of-fire pepper), the Maldives Islands (where it is called mirus), Panama (Where it is called "Aji Chombo") and West Africa. It is named for its resemblance to a Tam o' Shanter hat. Most Scotch bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville units. For comparison, most jalapeño peppers have a heat rating of 2,500 to 8,000 on the Scoville scale. However there are completely sweet varieties of Scotch bonnet grown on some of the Caribbean islands, called cachucha peppers.