Zanthoxylum schinifolium

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = 산초나무 잎가지와 꽃차례.JPG

|genus = Zanthoxylum

|species = schinifolium

|authority = Siebold & Zucc.

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• Fagara mantchurica (Benn.) Honda
• Fagara pteropoda (Hayata) Y.C. Liu
• Fagara schinifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Engl. nom. illeg.
• Zanthoxylum mantschuricum Benn.
• Zanthoxylum pteropodum Hayata }}

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|access-date=7 May 2015}}

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Zanthoxylum schinifolium, also called mastic-leaf prickly ash,{{Cite book |url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=684 |access-date=26 December 2016 |via=Korea Forest Service}} is a species of flowering plant in the Rutaceae, the citrus family.{{GRIN | access-date=7 May 2015}}

It was first described and published in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. vol.4 (Issue 2) on page 137 in 1845 by botanists Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini.{{cite web |title=Zanthoxylum schinifolium Siebold & Zucc. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776011-1#synonyms |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=23 March 2023 |language=en}}

It is native to central and eastern China, as well as temperate eastern Asia, which includes Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is a shrub that grows primarily in the temperate biome regions.

There are two accepted and known varieties:

• Zanthoxylum schinifolium var. okinawense {{Au|(Nakai) Hatus. ex Simabuku}}
• Zanthoxylum schinifolium var. schinifolium

Its peppercorns are the source of the spice Sancho (spice) which is used in Korean cuisine.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

It is called 青花椒 "green flower-pepper / green Sichuan pepper" in China. It is used in traditional medicine and cooking.{{cite web |title=花椒活性成分研究获进展 - 生物研究专区 - 生物谷 |url=https://news.bioon.com/article/5ca8e0699939.html |website=news.bioon.com}} It is an economically-important crop in Sichuan. Fungal pathogen species Pestalotiopsis kenyana is known to cause leaf spot disease on Zanthoxylum schinifolium in Sichuan Province, China.{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Chang |last2=Luo |first2=Fengying |last3=Zhu |first3=Tianhui |last4=Han |first4=Shan |last5=Li |first5=Shujiang |title=Leaf Spot Disease Caused by Pestalotiopsis kenyana on Zanthoxylum schinifolium in Sichuan Province, China |journal=Plant Disease |date=2021 |volume=105 |issue=11 |pages=3747 |doi=10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2247-PDN|doi-access=free }}