There are still some differences between pepper and Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Zanthoxylum bungeanum belongs to the genus Zanthoxylum. The fruit of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is round and generally presents the size of mung bean. The whole Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be used as medicine and all of it can be eaten. Pepper belongs to the genus Piper, and the fruit of pepper is mainly round berries, and the edible parts of pepper are only berries, and other parts can not be used for eating. There is also a certain gap between the appearance of pepper and pepper. The skin of raw pepper is blue, and then it turns red when it matures, and the seeds of pepper are black. The skin of raw pepper is blue, and then when it is ripe, the seeds of pepper are milky white.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum and pepper have different uses in life. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be applied to any food in life, and can be used as a seasoning for food, especially in some vegetables or meat, we can put some Zanthoxylum bungeanum to make the dishes more fragrant. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also used in many medicinal materials and tablets. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a variety of medicinal functions. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can help us drive away cold, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen, and it can also play the roles of diuresis, detumescence, deworming and sterilization.

In daily life, pepper is mainly used for seasoning some soups. The most common thing is to add pepper to chicken soup. Pepper also has certain medicinal value, which can promote our appetite, and has certain effects on some dyspepsia, bronchitis, colds, rheumatism and so on.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum and pepper are also different in classification. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be divided into big Zanthoxylum bungeanum, small Zanthoxylum bungeanum, green pepper and bean pepper, while pepper can be divided into white pepper and black pepper. In life, green pepper can be used to make pepper chicken, or pepper fish and other foods, while red pepper can be used to make boiled fish and other foods to remove the odor of meat.