Zanthoxylum piperitum
Japanese pepper tree, Japanese prickly ash, Chopi (Korean pepper), Japanese-pepper, Sichuan Pepper, Korean pepper, Chopi, Japanese Pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum
Description
A plant of the Rutaceae family, Chinese pepper or Sichuan pepper is native to Asia. It is common in the Himalayas, Japan and Korea. It grows as a shrub, with a thorny trunk and branches. A deciduous plant, with separate male and female plants, it has small, dark green, glossy, paripinnate leaves. It produces small, greenish-yellow terminal inflorescences; when ripe, reddish fruits appear that resemble peppercorns.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
- Species
- Zanthoxylum piperitum
Synonyms (3)
- Fagara piperita
- Pterota piperita
- Zanthoxylum ovalifoliolatum
