Scotch bonnet, also known as bonney peppers, or Caribbean red peppers, is a variety of chili pepper names for its resemblance to a tam o' shanter hat. It is ubiquitous in West Africa as well as the Caribbean. Like the closely related habanero.
Scotch bonnet peppers can be used for treating different types of pain such as rheumatoid pain, headaches, osteoarthritis pain, painful diabetic neuropathy and inflammatory heat due to the presence of capsaicin in them.