Pleated pheasanthoe pepper, also known as Muxiangzi and Mujiangzi, is mainly distributed in the provinces and regions from the Yangtze River in my country to Tibet. The nature and flavor are pungent, slightly bitter, aromatic, and non-toxic. It blooms from November to April of the next year, and its branches and leaves are aromatic. The root bark and leaves are used medicinally.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can be planted alone or used as a protective thorn hedge. The peel can be used as seasoning, extract aromatic oil, and can be used as medicine. The seeds are edible and can be processed to make soap.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum (scientific name: Zanthoxylumbungeanum Maxim.) is a small deciduous tree of the genus Zanthoxylum bungeanum in the Rutaceae family. The thorns on the stems that can reach 7 meters high often fall off early, the branches have short thorns, and the leaves have small leaves. The rachis often has very narrow leaf wings; the small leaves are opposite, sessile, ovate, elliptical, and sparsely lanceolate, with the larger ones located at the top of the rachis having finely cracked teeth on the leaf margins and oil spots between the teeth. There are no or scattered oil spots visible to the naked eye. The midrib is slightly depressed on the leaf surface. The inflorescence is terminal or born on the top of the lateral branches. The inflorescence axis and pedicel are densely pubescent or hairless; the tepals are yellow-green in shape and size. Much the same.