szechuan+pepper


 * Scientific Name:** __//zanthoxylum simulans//__
 * Common Name:** __Szechuan Pepper__
 * Spice, herb, fruit, or**
 * vegetable?** __Spice__
 * What part of the plant**
 * is used to make the**
 * spice, herb, fruit, or**
 * vegetable?** __Berry husk__




 * Interesting facts:**
 * 1) The Native Americans used the bark from the szechuan pepper plant to cure toothaches.
 * 2) The szechuan pepper is frost resistant up to about -15ºC.
 * 3) It can help stop itching.
 * 4) It was banned from the U.S. from 1968-2005 because i t carried a disease that could harm other citrus plants.
 * 5) The szechuan pepper can help reduce hair loss.


 * Other facts**

The szechuan pepper has no flowers. The berry husk is red when ripe but becomes a blackish color when you cook it. The entire plant is about 7 meters tall and wide, and the husk is about 5 millimeters in diameter. The szechuan pepper has a woody stem and a taproot system. It has 3-4 pairs of opposite compound leaves. The veins are pinnate and the leaves are slightly serrated.

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