pepper is not pepper. It can be distinguished from the following three points:

1. Different appearance colors. The color of pepper is lighter than that of pepper, and it is dark green after maturity. After air drying, pepper is brownish yellow, pepper is brownish red, and its color is darker than pepper. Zanthoxylum bungeanum fruit is a prototype particle the size of mung bean, and its stems, stems, leaves and fruits can be eaten or used medicinally. The fruit is cyan when it is immature, red when it is ripe, and black when it is black.

2. Different tastes. Both of them are widely used in Sichuan cuisine, and their taste is a little hemp, but the taste of pepper is heavier than that of pepper.

3. The usage is different. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is used to make spiced powder or sesame oil, and Zanthoxylum bungeanum is used to make pepper salt and the bottom material of Chongqing hot pot.

4. Different places of origin. The producing areas of pepper are mainly Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou, and the best pepper is Chongqing Jiangjin green pepper and Guizhou pepper. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is mainly produced in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan, Hebei, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces. The quality of Zanthoxylum bungeanum produced in Sichuan is good, and the output in Hebei and Shanxi is high.

Extended information:

Zanthoxylum bungeanum has certain effects, such as warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, removing dampness, relieving pain, killing insects and detoxifying fishy smell. Treat food stagnation, cold pain in the heart, vomiting, cough, cough, diarrhea, dysentery, colic, toothache, ascariasis, pinworm, pruritus vulvae and scabies.

The pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is the raw material of essence and spice, the seed is excellent woody oil, the oil cake can be used as fertilizer or feed, and the leaves can be used as seasoning, eating or making pepper tea instead of fruit. At the same time, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also an important tree species for soil and water conservation in arid and semi-arid mountainous areas.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum has been recorded in cultural classics for a long time. According to The Book of Songs, The Dress-up of the East Gate by Martin, in some places, Zanthoxylum bungeanum has become a token of love. Young men and women express their love for each other by giving Zanthoxylum bungeanum to each other in the midst of singing and dancing. According to "Official Records of Han Dynasty", in the houses where the emperors' empresses lived, the walls were painted with pepper and mud, which means "pepper room", which means warmth, fragrance and fertility.

Jia Sixie's Qi Min Yao Shu recorded that Zanthoxylum bungeanum was used for preserved wax. For a long time, pepper, like star anise, fennel and cinnamon, is used as a spice, and is often mixed with fennel, clove and cinnamon to make the familiar "spiced noodles".

Reference: Zanthoxylum bungeanum-Baidu Encyclopedia

Reference:? Majiao-Baidu Encyclopedia