What is this brutal chile?

[windchicken]

The Vietnamese guy who runs the little convenience store/pho kitchen down the street from my house just gave me this chile from his garden—He said it was from his country, but he didn't know the name. Before I bit the end off, it was probably 1-1/4" long by 3/8" wide, so it's way stumpier than most all Asian bird types I've seen. What I was not prepared for was the brutal mule kick this pod delivered. The one little bite, and I was suffering for 10 minutes. I did not know that C. annuum could get this spicy, and I have grown Chiltepin for years:

Notice in the end-on views the amount of orange placenta:

There are plenty of seeds that I will definitely be saving:

 

[jsschrstrcks]

My rooster spur, and takenatsume are relatively tame... Jalapeno level heat, sweet....

That doesn't describe the pod I had in the UK at all, which I would describe as having burned my face off...

 

[mygrassisblue]

I think the shoulder is wrong for a 'spur ...To many variables for heat guys ...

 

[windchicken]

True that. It was over 100,000 SHU for sure. It's more like Ken said—My face was pretty charred....

 

[rabid48]

Hey, just a thought.

Guess you'll just have to grow out some of those seeds to we can find out.

 

[Arenal Botanical Garden]

Those are sold in just about every Vietnamese grocery store around the world. I've seen them in Paris, Ukraine, and here in Canada. But never any name other than "hot chili" or "red Thai chili". They usually sell for $1 for a small bag.

I'm interested to know their proper name too!

They're known as foo king calientisimo.

 

[windchicken]

Hey, just a thought.

Guess you'll just have to grow out some of those seeds to we can find out.

Thanks for posting, really. I've got seeds drying as I type this...Stay tuned...