The thorns on the stem of the pepper, which can be up to 7 meters high, often fall early, and the branches have short thorns, and the leaves have small blades, and the leaf rachis often has very narrow leaf wings. Leaflets opposite, sessile, ovate, elliptic, sparsely lanceolate.

Pepper is widely planted in the central region of China, such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, etc., which is the most famous pepper origin is Hanyuan County, Sichuan, which is recorded in history. Also long ago, the peppercorns produced here will special tribute to the palace to the emperor to eat, also known as "tribute pepper".

The peppercorns grown in Hancheng, Shaanxi Province, are known as the "Hancheng Red Robe" and are of very good quality. Peppercorns are relatively small, with a thick skin and rich oil cells on the surface, so they contain a good amount of oil. Generally use shade-dried and sun-dried these two ways to deal with freshly picked peppercorns, but shade-dried peppercorns and sun-dried peppercorns have a clear difference in flavor.

Pepper efficacy of the introduction:

Pepper wood is typical of the yellowish, exposed to the air in the color of a slightly darker yellow, the heart sapwood is not obvious, the xylem structure is dense, uniform. Longitudinal section has silky luster, wood has art craft value. Pepper is used as a dietary supplement, has the effect of warming the middle and moving the qi, expelling cold, killing insects and so on. Located at the top of the leaf axis is larger, the leaf edge has fine cleft teeth, the teeth have oil spots.

The most widely used peppercorns are still used in cooking, first of all, its smell is very strong and will not weaken for a long time, but the numbness is more general, but can not last. After the hot oil stimulation, more can make its flavor sublimation, a little meat flavor, if you can not eat too spicy people, may wish to use red pepper is better.