Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cayatuna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chopinamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hua jiao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
japanese pepper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese zanthoxylum peel	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
japanese-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanischer pfeffer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pimienta del japón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poivrier du japon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
powdered zanthoxylum fruit	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
san sho	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sanshō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sichuan pepper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zanthoxyli fructus	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zanthoxyli fructus pulveratus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
zanthoxyli pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
zanthoxyli piperiti pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
zanthoxylum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zanthoxylum fruit	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
zanthoxylum peel	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
サンショウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
サンショウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pericarps of the ripe fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
pericarp		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	pericarp of the ripe fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
pericarp		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	pericarp	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
pericarps of the fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fagara piperita L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 897 (1759).
Zanthoxylum ovalifoliolatum Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 527 (1930).
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. brevispinum Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 30 (1926).
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. brevispinum (Makino) Makino Jissai-engei 26: 898 (1940).
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. hispidum (Hayashi) Konta Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 31: 20 (2005).
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. hispidum Hayashi Bull. Gov. Forest Exp. Sta. 107: 28 (1958).
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. inerme (Makino) Makino Jissai-engei 26: 898 (1940).
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. inerme Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 82 (1912).
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. ovalifoliolatum (Nakai) Makino Jissai-engei 25: 1103 (1939).
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. pubescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 130 (1913), nom. nud.
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. pubescens (Nakai) W.Lee Lin. Fl. Koreae: 645 (1996), not validly publ.
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. rotundatum Yokouchi ex T.Shimizu Fl. Nagano Pref.: 1509 (1997).
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. spinosum Konta Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 32: 36 (2006).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Zanthoxylum piperitum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zanthoxylum piperitum Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Zanthoxylum piperitum De Candolle	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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