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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Zanthoxylum piperitum''
|familia=Rutaceae
| common_names = Japanese pepper
|genus=Zanthoxylum
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=piperitum
| high = 6m (20 ft)
|common_name=Japanese pepper
| wide = 3m (10ft)
|habit=tree
| origin = China, Korea, Japan
|Min ht metric=cm
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Max ht box=6
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht metric=m
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max wd box=3
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max wd metric=m
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|origin=China, Korea, Japan
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|lifespan=perennial
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Temp Metric=°F
| usda_zones = 7-10
|min_zone=7
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|image_width=240
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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{{Inc|
Zanthoxylum piperitum, DC. Shrub or small tree; prickles rather slender, ascending: lvs. 2-6 in. long, with puberulous rachis; lfts. 11-19, ovate to oblong-ovate, narrowed into a short stalk, emarginate at the apex, remotely toothed, with conspicuous glands at the base of each tooth, midrib pubescent above, 1/2 – 1 1/2 in. long: fls. with simple perianth, in small corymbs 1/2 – 1 1/2 in. across, on short lateral branchlets; style slender: fr. reddish, glandular-dotted. Japan, Korea, N. China. June; fr. in Sept.—The wood, according to Issa Tanimura, is dense and heavy with deep yellow grain; tree commonly cult. in Japan for ornament, to make utensils, and for food; the seeds and inner bark are cooked or pickled; the fresh lvs. are added to soup; and the dried fr. used on roasted fish as a fragrant pepper.
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spiny.
spiny.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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