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Colors can range from white, yellow, orange, red, and brown when ripe.
The red Capsicum chinense pods are known as Scotch Bonnet. Habanero is the name usually used for the orange lantern-shaped pods. The Habanero when ripe or dried and powdered has a unique apricot scent. There have been many erroneous claims that Habanero is the world's hottest pepper, but that title actually belongs to the Bird Peppers , the wild forms of Capsicum annuum. There are dozens of varieties of Bird Peppers knwon throughout the world.