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Sichuan Pepper
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Sichuan Pepper

Zanthoxylum simulans

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 (see that page for uses).

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sichuan Pepper in Illustrated Herbal Primer

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.203

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 170408.