Reference specimenAccession  SKU-01417

Zanthoxylum piperitum

Japanese Pepper

At a glance
Hardiness
USDA Zones 5–8
Seasonality
Deciduous
A plant Woodlanders once offered on our catalogue

This variety is no actively in production in our propagation house and may not return to our catalogue. We maintain this page purely for reference and archival purposes. If you would like to grow this plant, tell us. Your interest helps guide what we bring back.

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Small thorny tree or large shrub with glossy compound deciduous leaves which turn yellow in fall. Small greenish-yellow flower clusters in early summer followed by reddish fruits containing black seeds which are ground and used as pepper in Japan. Dirr says:àperhaps the most ornamental member of the genus.à (See DIR)

Flower, Fruit & Foliage

greenish-yellow, cymes, eary summer