Szechwan peppercorn

Name Variations

 * Sichuan peppercorn
 * Szechuan peppercorn
 * anise pepper
 * brown peppercorn
 * Chinese aromatic pepper
 * Chinese pepper
 * flower pepper
 * sancho
 * Japanese pepper
 * Japan pepper
 * wild pepper
 * fagara pepper

About Szechwan peppercorn
Wikipedia Article About Sichuan peppercorn on Wikipedia

Sichuan pepper (or Szechuan pepper) is the outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum (most commonly Zanthoxylum piperitum, Zanthoxylum simulans, and Zanthoxylum sancho), widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Despite the name, it is not related to black pepper. It is widely used in the cuisine of Sichuan, China, from which it takes its name, as well as Tibetan, Bhutani, and Japanese cuisines, among others.

It is known in Chinese as 花椒, pinyin: huājiāo, literally "flower pepper"; a lesser-used name is 山椒 shānjiāo, "mountain pepper" (not to be confused with Tasmanian mountain pepper). In Japanese, it is 山椒 sanshō, using the same Chinese characters as shanjiao. In Tibetan, it is known as emma.