[CH] Re: All creatures great and jolokia-ish

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Here's what the Frontal Agritech site in Assam India says: 


"Bih jolokia, botanically known as Capsicum chinense Jacq. is extensively 
cultivated in North Eastern Region of India especially in the states of 
Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. It is also known by other names like Bhut 
jolokia, Borbih jolokia, Naga jolokia, Nagahari, Naga Morich, Raja mirchi 
etc." 

Dave
TLCC 

> So then, is a /bhut jolokia/ the same thing as a /naga jolokia?  
> 
> /I don't speak either of the relevant languages at all, but FWIW, I /think 
> /I recall that /bhut  /is Tibetan
> for "ghost" or "spirit",  and /naga /is maybe  "snake" or "serpent" in 
> Hindi.  Which makes me
> think maybe they aren't the same, but who knows?
> /
> /Rain
> @@@@
> \\\\
 

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