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Zanthoxylum piperitum

Shrub

HomeShrubZanthoxylum piperitum

Scrub and hedges in hills and mountains in Japan.

Family: Rutaceae
Height: 2 m / 7 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 1 of 5

Native Habitat

Japanese Pepper Tree Zanthoxylum piperitum native habitat is Scrub and hedges in hills and mountains in Japan.

Edible Uses

Seed - cooked. It is ground into a powder and used as a condiment, a pepper substitute. The fruit can also be used. It is often heated in order to bring out its full flavour and can be mixed with salt for use as a table condiment. The ground and dry-roasted fruit is an ingredient of the Chinese 'five spice powder'. The bark and leaves are used as a spice. Young leaves - raw or cooked. They are used in soups or as a flavouring in salads.

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