Zanthoxylum is the Yellowwood genus, a plant genus that is not only known for its beautiful yellow wood, but especially for the Szechuan pepper. Szechuan pepper is not only the name of the pepper berries growing in China, but also that of the berries that grow elsewhere on other plants of this genus, and which are also used for consumption.
All plants in the Zanthoxylum genus have in common that the branches and trunks are provided with 'thorns'. Some species even have thorny leaves. On the trunk, the spines are often lignified and corky, and not sharp at all. They are more reminiscent of huge molars.
The trees owe their ambiguous name to a toothache tree to the combination of this external appearance and the fact that the berries are traditionally used as an anaesthetic, including against toothache, and are also used in toothpaste.
But as mentioned, the plants of this genus are especially sought after for their culinary value, to which Chinese Szechuan cuisine owes its spicy reputation. Below are the varieties of which we sell the dried fruits in our store. We give the Chinese name of each species.
Zanthoxylum acantapodium - andaliman - 毛剌花椒 máo là huā jiāo
Zanthoxylum armatum - raye timur - 刺花椒 cì huā jiāoma
Zanthoxylum piperitum - sanshō - 日本花椒 rìběn huājiāo
Zanthoxylum bungeanum - flower pepper - 花椒 huājiāo
Zanthoxylum rhetsa - (Indian) mountain pepper - 胡椒木 hújiāo mù
Zanthoxylum piperitum - Szechuan fagara pepper - ma jiāo
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Andaliman (premium Batak pepper)
Normal price From €5,25 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Red Szechuan Pepper Má jiāo (Fagara)
Normal price From €4,30 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Green sansho pepper - Sanshō-no-mi
Normal price From €12,40 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Mac khen - Vietnamese mountain pepper
Normal price From €5,25 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Sansho powder - Sanshō no kona
Normal price From €10,85 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Red Szechuan Pepper Huā jiāo
Normal price From €5,50 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Red Sansho pepper
Normal price From €16,45 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Ma khaen - Laotian mountain pepper
Normal price From €5,25 EURNormal priceUnit price per -
Green Szechuan pepper Qīng huā jiāo
Normal price From €5,40 EURNormal priceUnit price per