Japanese pepper tree or Chopi or Korean pepper
Zanthoxylum piperitum
Rue family (Rutaceae)
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In Japan eet men bijna alles van de boom: de bloemen, de bessen (vers en gedroogd), de bladeren en de jonge uitlopers. Dat is andere Aziatische landen niet het geval. De onrijpe groene bessen zijn heel populair vanwege hun smaakpalet en scherpte en vanwege de verdovende werking op de tong.
Scented flowers. The bruised leaves are amongst the most powerfully aromatic of all leaves.
In Japan, the thick wood of the tree is traditionally made into a gnarled and rough-hewn wooden pestle, to use with suribachi.
Important host plant for several Japan indigenous swallowtail butterfly species.
Details
| Description: | Tree, shrub, tot 4.5 m., dioecious. |
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| Distributions: | China, japan, korea. |
| Habitat: | Scrub and hedges in hills and mountains. |
| Year cycle: | Perennial (polycarpic decidous) |
| Hardiness: | -4 - 5 f (hardy - very cold winter) |
| Flowering period: | April - mei |
| Flower color: | Green, creme, yellow |
| Notes on flowers: | De mannelijke en vrouwelijke bloemen bevinden zich niet op dezelfde plant. |
| Fruiting period: | September - november |
| Fruit color: | Red |
| At its best: | April - juni, september - november |
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanthoxylum_piperitum,https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Zanthoxylum+piperitum,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23025190,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717230/,
https://www.ourfood.nl/ingr/grfr_krsp/rutaceae/sansho-pepper.html#gsc.tab=0