Oddly pinnately compound leaves, leaf base with two short spines, leaf axis has a narrow wing, leaflets opposite, obovate, leathery, leaf surface green glossy, dense glands throughout the leaf; dioecious, male flowers yellow, female flowers orange-red, oval fruit, reddish brown. "Taiwan pepper wood" and "fragrant wood" are similar, easy to be confused.
The difference between the two is:
①Family: pepper wood for the Brassicaceae, pepper genus, evergreen shrubs. The clear incense wood for the lacquer tree family, yellow genus, evergreen shrubs or small trees; ② leaves: pepper wood for the odd-numbered pinnately compound leaves, leaflets opposite, clear incense wood for even-numbered pinnately compound leaves, leaflets alternate; ③ fruit: pepper wood fruit greenish-brown. Fruit: pepperberry fruit green-brown.
The fruit of pepperwood is greenish-brown.