Robert , here we go again with the Tezpur thing ... try this link ( look for page 2 ) http://tejas.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/aug102000/scr974.pdf use your Ctrl-F find feature to look for .... Naga one can also find reference to "jolokia" at the page ... http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Caps_fru.html apparently, it's Assami (Assam region?) for "chile", as in pepper. there's also an old reference at ... http://www.globalgarden.com/Chile-Heads/Archives/vol.2/0773.html good luck peter g