Green Sichuan pepper (fagara)

Also known as "clavalier also known as "clavalier", "fagara" or "pepper-flower", it is the dried fruit of a tree typical of Sichuan, a province in southwest China. Harvested in late summer, before ripening, the berries are sun-dried to a brownish color.
Once roasted, they deliver a woody, slightly acidic flavor, less pungent than black pepper.
This false pepper is used in the famous Chinese 5-spice blend of fennel, cinnamon, aniseed and cloves.

Botany: Zanthoxylum piperitum (INPN)
Origin: Sichuan, China
Ingredients: 100% Sichuan green pepper
Storage: Several years, protected from light and humidity.
Product strength: 5 (Scoville)