Cheongyang chili pepper

{{Short description|Type of chili pepper}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Cheongyang chili pepper

| image = 청양고추3.jpg

| image_caption = Unripe Cheongyang chili peppers in a basket

| species = Capsicum annuum

| cultivar =

| origin = South Korea

| module = {{Infobox pepper

| embed = yes

| heat = Hot

| scoville = 10,000}}

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| title = Korean name

| hangul = 청양고추

| hanja = 靑陽고추

| rr = Cheongyang gochu

| mr = Ch'ŏngyang koch'u

| koreanipa = {{IPA|ko|tɕʰʌŋ.jaŋ.ɡo.tɕʰu|}}

}}

The Cheongyang chili pepper ({{Korean|hangul=청양고추}}) is a medium-sized chili cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum, with intensity of 10,000 Scoville heat units.{{cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140905000908|title=Hot pepper town swept by heat wave|last=Crawford|first=Matthew C.|date=5 September 2014|newspaper=The Korea Herald|access-date=9 January 2017}} Cheongyang chili peppers look similar to regular Korean chili peppers, but are many times spicier.

The chili is a local speciality of Cheongyang County in South Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.cheongyang.go.kr/eng/sub03_01.do|title=Chili pepper|website=cheongyang.go.kr|publisher=Cheongyang County|access-date=9 January 2017}} However, it was named after Cheongsong and Yeongyang Counties when developed by Yoo Il-Woong, by hybridizing local Jejudo chili with Thai chili.{{cite news|url=http://www.fnnews.com/news/200602271422286993|title=고추품종개발 권위자 유일웅 홍초원 고추연구소 소장|last=이|first=진우|date=27 February 2006|work=The Financial News|language=ko|accessdate=25 December 2011}} The fruits can be light purple or green when unripe, and darken to a deep red as they ripen. The peppers retain their dark red color when dried.{{cite web |title=Pepper (Hot) 'Dang Jo Cheongyang' |website=Log House Plants |url=https://loghouseplants.com/plants/shop/pepper-hot-dangjo-cheongyang/ |access-date=2019-12-03}} In the 1990s, the rights of the pepper were sold to Monsanto.{{cn|date=March 2025}}