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Is pepper the Chinese prickly ash?

Pepper is not Sichuan peppercorns.

Pepper (Piperaceae plant)

Pepper., also known as: Piper branch, Pilei, Powa fever, etc., Latin scientific name: Piper?nigrum?L belongs to the genus Pepper Pepper belongs to the family Pepperaceae and is a woody climbing vine; the stems and branches are hairless, the nodes are significantly enlarged, and small roots often grow. The flowers are heterogeneous, usually monoecious; the berries are spherical, sessile, and bloom from June to October.

Growing in tropical areas with an annual rainfall of 2,500 mm, a dry and hot interval is required during the growing season. Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Brazil are the main pepper exporting countries. Its seeds contain volatile oil, piperine, crude fat, crude protein, etc.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum:

The fruit is purple-red, the diameter of a single fruit petal is 4 to 5 mm, with scattered slightly raised oil spots, and a very short awn tip or no seeds at the top; 3.5~4.5 mm long. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from August to September or October.