Description
The Faddas Poison Tail chilli is a modern Capsicum chinense super-hot variety created through selective breeding by the breeder known as “Faddas Peppers.”
It’s best known for its extreme heat, unusual “tail” shape, and unstable colour variations across generations.
Origin & genetics
It was developed from a cross involving:
Jay’s Peach Ghost Scorpion
Carolina Reaper
SRTSL (a super-hot lineage)
This makes it part of the same ultra-hot group as ghost peppers and reapers.
Heat level
Classed as a super-hot chilli (C. chinense)
Likely well over 1 million SHU, comparable to Carolina Reaper–level heat depending on phenotype
Intense capsaicin concentration, especially in the placenta (the internal “core” of the pod)
Appearance
Long, pointed “tail” or stinger at the end of the pod
Ripens from green to red, though other colour variants exist in later generations
Reported phenotype s include red, white, orange, and even pink lines as the strain stabilised
Plant characteristics
Tall, vigorous plants (often up to ~1.8 m)
Very productive under good conditions
Strong branching with heavy pod set
Requires warm, long growing seasons like other super-hots
Flavour profile
Fruity, typical of ghost/reaper-type chinense peppers
Initial sweetness followed by delayed, explosive heat build-up
Heat tends to be very lingering rather than sharp and fast
Summary
The Faddas Poison Tail is essentially a highly unstable but extremely hot “designer super-chilli”, combining ghost pepper and reaper genetics with a distinctive tail shape and multiple evolving colour variants.
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