Zanthoxylum schinifolium

Zanthoxylum schinifolium, also called mastic-leaf prickly ash,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Rutaceae, the citrus family.^[3]

Zanthoxylum schinifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Zanthoxylum
Species:	Z. schinifolium
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum schinifolium Siebold & Zucc.
Synonyms[1]
Fagara mantchurica (Benn.) Honda Fagara pteropoda (Hayata) Y.C. Liu Fagara schinifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Engl. nom. illeg. Zanthoxylum mantschuricum Benn. Zanthoxylum pteropodum Hayata

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]

• Zanthoxylum schinifolium var. okinawense (Nakai) Hatus. ex Simabuku
• Zanthoxylum schinifolium var. schinifolium

Its peppercorns are the source of the spice Sancho (spice) which is used in Korean cuisine.^{[citation needed]}

It is called 青花椒 "green flower-pepper / green Sichuan pepper" in China. It is used in traditional medicine and cooking.^[5] It is an economically-important crop in Sichuan. Fungal pathogen species Pestalotiopsis kenyana is known to cause leaf spot disease on Zanthoxylum schinifolium in Sichuan Province, China.^[6]