Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Japanese pepper, sanshō

Family: Rutaceae (Rue)

Synonym: Zanthoxylum piperitum

Distribution: China, Japan, Korea

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: The seed is used as a condiment, a pepper substitute that is highly prized. The fruit is rather small but is produced in clusters which make harvesting easy. Each fruit contains a single seed.