The difference between pepper and prickly ash

Pepper, also known as white pepper, black pepper, etc., is a woody climbing vine of the family Piperaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia and is now widely planted in the tropics. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also known as Zanthoxylum bungeanum, big pepper, Qin pepper, Shu pepper and so on. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree of Rutaceae. Let's take a look at the difference between pepper and pepper.

Differences between families and genera of Pepper and Zanthoxylum bungeanum

1. Pepper: pepper belongs to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, Piperaceae, Piperaceae, Piper woody climbing vine.

2. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a deciduous shrub or small tree of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, Rutaceae, Rutaceae, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Zanthoxylum bungeanum.

Morphological difference between pepper and prickly ash

1. Pepper: the stems and branches of pepper are glabrous, the nodes are significantly enlarged, and the roots are often small. Leaves thick, subleathery, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, rare suborbicular, flowers polygamous, usually monoecious, inflorescences opposite leaves, shorter than or as long as leaves, total pedicel nearly equal to petiole, berries globose, red when ripe, black when dried immature, florescence June-October.

2. Zanthoxylum bungeanum L.: a small deciduous tree with a height of 3-7 meters, the thorns on the stem often fall early, the branches have short spines, the base of the spines on the branchlets is broad and flat and straight and long triangular, the current year's branches are pubescent, the leaflets are opposite, the inflorescence is terminal or born at the top of the lateral branches, the fruit is purplish red, the florescence is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from August to September or October.

The difference of origin between pepper and prickly ash

1. Pepper: pepper is native to Southeast Asia and is cultivated in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Brazil are the main exporters of pepper.

2. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is suitable for warm, humid and deep fertile loam and sandy loam, with strong sprouting, cold resistance, drought tolerance, like sunshine and strong disease resistance. the producing area starts from the south of northeast, south to the north slope of Wuling, southeast to the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, southwest to the southeast of Xizang, Taiwan, Hainan and Guangdong are unproductive.

The difference of efficacy between pepper and prickly ash

1. Pepper: pepper taste pungent, sexual heat, return to the stomach, large intestine meridian, with warm in the cold, lower qi, phlegm effect, the main treatment of abdominal pain diarrhea, loss of appetite, epilepsy phlegm and other diseases.

2. Zanthoxylum bungeanum: Zanthoxylum bungeanum has pungent taste and warm nature, returning to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the effect of warming and relieving pain, killing insects and relieving itching. It is used for epigastric cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea, worms, abdominal pain, eczema, Yin itching and so on.