Zanthoxylum acanthopodium

Zanthoxylum acanthopodium
	Habitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Zanthoxylum
Species:	Z. acanthopodium
Binomial name
	Zanthoxylum acanthopodium; DC.

Zanthoxylum acanthopodium, or andaliman, is a flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. Its range includes southwestern China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, north and northeastern India, Nepal, Laos, Myanmar, northern Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (northern Sumatran highlands), and Peninsular Malaysia.

Distribution

The plant is found in Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan in China. It is spread across Northeast India, i.e., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim. It is also found Nepal and in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in India.^[1]

Much like the closely related Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum), the seed pericarps are used as spices in cooking and have a similar tongue-numbing characteristic. However, the andaliman flavour in cooking has lemon-like notes (similar to those of lemon grass) and hints of the aromatic pandan leaf.

Phylogenetics of related species

Z. piperitum (sanshō pepper)

	Z. beecheyanum

	Z. simulans (Sichuan pepper)

Z. bungeanum (Sichuan pepper)

Z. armatum (rattan pepper)

Z. acanthopodium

Z. mollissimum

Z. americanum (prickly ash)

	Z. fagara (wild lime)

	Z. foliolosum

	Z. thomasianum

	Z. rhodoxylum

Z. petiolare

all other Zanthoxylum species

Cladogram of 13 most closely related species according to the Open Tree of Life.^[2]

In local culture

In Nagaland, it is called ganyǎ in the Angami language.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Zanthoxylum acanthopodium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ "[Zanthoxylum piperitum + Zanthoxylum petiolare]". Open Tree of Life. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
^ Liezietsu, Vizonyü (2020). Daru Nhako (Medicinal plants) (in njm) (1st ed.). Kohima: Ura Academy. p. 61. ISBN 9788190453950.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[GRIN-1] "Zanthoxylum acanthopodium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-05-12.

[otol2-2] "[Zanthoxylum piperitum + Zanthoxylum petiolare]". Open Tree of Life. Retrieved 2025-01-07.

[3] Liezietsu, Vizonyü (2020). Daru Nhako (Medicinal plants) (in njm) (1st ed.). Kohima: Ura Academy. p. 61. ISBN 9788190453950.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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