Chinese-Pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum)
Description
Zanthoxylum simulans (Chinese-pepper,Chinese prickly-ash or flatspine prickly-ash), is a flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is one of several species of Zanthoxylum from which Sichuan pepper is produced.It is a spreading shrub or small tree growing to 7 m tall. The leaves are 7-12.5 cm long, pinnate, with 7-11 leaflets, the leaflets 3-5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm broad. There are numerous short (3-6 mm) spines on both the stems and the leaf petioles, and large (several cm) knobs on the branches. The flowers are produced in slender cymes, each flower about 4-5 mm diameter. The 3-4 mm berry has a rough reddish brown shell that splits open to release the black seeds from inside.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Rutaceae
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Genus: Zanthoxylum
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