The top ten hot chili peppers ranked in order of spiciness are Carolina Reaper, Yunnan Shabu Shabu, Trinidad Scorpion, Fujian Divine Pepper No. 1, White Havana Pepper, Tepin Pepper, Chaotian Pepper, Yunnan Xiaomei Pepper, Chicken Heart Pepper, and Shipuka Pepper.

The Carolina Reaper broke the Guinness Book of World Records on November 14, 2013 as the world's hottest chili pepper.

Yunnan shabu-shabu is a type of chili pepper from the mountainous region of Lusi City, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, which is small, has wrinkled skin, is red when ripe, has a bright color, and has a pungent taste. Locals call it shabu-shabu-la because the whole pot of water becomes pungent as soon as it is rinsed with water.

The Trinidad scorpion, native to Trinidad, has a bottom shaped like a scorpion's tail but appears larger and thicker, and it is orange rather than red in color.

Fujian God Pepper No. 1 is a new variety of chili pepper developed by Fujian Province's Sanming Agricultural Research Institute for Shaxian snacks at the end of 2010, and after successful research and development, it has been widely welcomed by the chili pepper industry.

Chili pepper details are as follows:

Chili pepper is an annual or limited perennial plant, 40-80 cm tall, with a nearly glabrous or slightly pilose stem and slightly zigzag folded branches. It is 4 to 13 centimeters long, 1.5 to 4 centimeters wide, with petioles 4 to 7 centimeters long. The fruit is long and finger-like, acuminate and often curved at the tip, green when immature, red, orange or purplish red when ripe, and spicy.

There are two kinds of chili flowers, one is white and the other is purple, and both kinds of flowers have three kinds of petals from four petals to six petals. And the two kinds of flowers out of the chili pepper is different, purple flowers out of the chili pepper is purple, and white flowers out of the chili pepper is ordinary red chili. The seeds are flat and kidney-shaped, 3 to 5 millimeters long, light yellow, and the flowering and fruiting period is from May to November.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chili Peppers