Zanthoxylum bungeanum is distributed from the southeast in the north, to the northern slope of Wuling in the south, to the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the southeast and to the southeast of Tibet in the southwest. Not produced in Taiwan Province, Hainan and Guangdong. It is found in the plains and mountainous areas with high altitude, and it is also planted on the hillside with an altitude of 2500 meters in Qinghai. Drought-tolerant, like sunshine, planted everywhere.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum is mainly produced in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan, Hebei, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces in China. The quality of pepper produced in Sichuan is good, and the yield in Hebei and Shanxi is high.
1. The pepper variety produced in Yunnan is green pepper.
2. Pepper varieties produced in Sichuan are Jinyang Pepper, Jiangjin Pepper, Hanyuan Pepper and Mao Wen Pepper.
3. Hot pepper varieties produced in Shaanxi are Dahongpao and Feng Jiao in Hancheng.
4. The pepper varieties produced in Gansu are Fuyou pepper and Qiujiao.
5. Pepper varieties produced in Shandong are big pepper and small pepper.
6. Pepper varieties produced in Hebei are big pepper and small pepper.
7. The variety of Zanthoxylum bungeanum produced in Shanxi is Ruicheng Zanthoxylum bungeanum, which is a local specialty.
8. The variety of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Hunan is Jiujulia Zanthoxylum bungeanum.
9. The variety of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in Henan is Dahongpao Zanthoxylum bungeanum.
10, the pepper variety in Guizhou is Guizhou pepper.
Extended data
Zanthoxylum bungeanum was first recorded in the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is a collection of folk poems in the Western Zhou Dynasty, from which we can see that Chinese people used pepper more than 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. Ancient people thought that the smell of pepper could ward off evil spirits. In some dynasties, the court used pepper to penetrate paint to paste walls. This house is called "Pepper Room" and is for ladies-in-waiting.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, men and women used pepper as a token of love. In The East Gate of the Book of Songs, it tells the story of a man who received a bunch of pepper from a girl as token of love at the dance.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not only a condiment, but also has high medicinal value. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the functions of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, removing dampness and relieving pain, and killing insects and removing fishy smell.
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