Szechuan Pepper
Quick grow facts
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What it is
Szechuan pepper is an upright, vase-shaped, deciduous shrub with a wide, flat-topped crown of glossy, dark green, pinnately-compound leaves. The bark of this plant is relatively smooth except for the broad prickles on its trunk.
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How to use it
Fruits are dried and used in a pepper-like spice that is used in the Chinese "five spice" mixture
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Container tips
Likes dappled sunlight to full sun to partial shade. Wants well-drained soil, kept moist.
NC State ExtensionCautions
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