The Bhut jolokia IPA ˈbʱʊt zɔˌlɔkiˌja also known as ghost pepper ghost chili pepper ghost chili and ghost jolokia is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in the Northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh Assam Nagaland and Manipur It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens and is closely related to the Naga Morich of Nagaland and Bangladesh