| Scientific Name: | Zanthoxylum piperitum |
| Common Name: | Japanese pepper |
| Family Name: | Rutaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Small garden/space, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Yellow, Green, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Red, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small tree with dark green odd-pinnate leaves with 11-23 toothed leaflets; fruit berry-like, red then scarlet in fall with large black seed. Winter ID: twigs reddish-brown with pair of spiny stipules at each node 2-3mm long, like rose prickles with a broad base; buds opposite, globular, 2-3mm long. | |