Rutaceae

Chopi

Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC.

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum

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Common names

By language (12)

Arabic: زانثوكسيلوم بيبريتوم, سانشو, فلفل سانشو, فلفل ياباني
Cantonese: 花椒
Chinese: 山椒, 日本花椒, 胡椒木, 花椒木
English: Chopi, Korean pepper, Japanese pepper, Japanese prickly-ash
Estonian: Pipra-koldpuu
Finnish: Pippurilimopuu, Pippuriruutapuu
Japanese: サンショウ, さんしょう, サンショ, ショクショウ, 実山椒, 山椒, 山椒の実, 木の芽
Korean: 초피나무, 제피, 젠피, 조피, 조피나무, 초피
Marathi: तिरफळ
Persian: فلفل ژاپنی
Thai: ซันโช
Turkish: Japon biberi

Synonyms

Fagara piperita L.
Zanthoxylum ovalifoliolatum Nakai
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. hispidum Hayashi
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. pubescens (Nakai) W.Lee
Zanthoxylum piperitum f. rotundatum Yokouchi ex T.Shimizu
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. hispidum (Hayashi) Konta
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. pubescens Nakai
Zanthoxylum piperitum var. spinosum Konta

Photos

Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.