Zanthoxylum schinifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
Species: | Z. schinifolium
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Binomial name | |
Zanthoxylum schinifolium Siebold & Zucc.
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Zanthoxylum schinifolium, also called mastic-leaf prickly ash,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Rutaceae, the citrus family.[3]
It was first described and published in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. vol.4 (Issue 2) on page 137 in 1845 by botanists Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini.[4]
It is native to central and eastern China, as well as temperate eastern Asia, which includes Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is a shrub that grows primarily in the temperate biome regions.[4]
There are two accepted and known varieties:[4]
Its peppercorns are the source of the spice Sancho (spice) which is used in Chinese cuisine.[citation needed]
Fungal pathogen species Pestalotiopsis kenyana is known to cause leaf spot disease on Zanthoxylum schinifolium in Sichuan Province, China.[5]