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Zanthoxylum acanthopodium, orandaliman, is a species of flowering plant in the familyRutaceae. Its range includes southern westernChina (Guangxi,Guizhou,Sichuan,Tibet, andYunnan),Bangladesh,Bhutan, northernIndia and northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,Sikkim,Uttar Pradesh, andWest Bengal),Nepal,Laos,Burma,northern Thailand,Vietnam,Indonesia (northernSumatran highlands), andPeninsular Malaysia.[1]
| Zanthoxylum acanthopodium | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. acanthopodium |
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| Zanthoxylum acanthopodium | |
Much like the closely relatedSichuan pepper (Z. bungeanum), the seed pericarps are used as spices in cooking and have a similar tongue-numbing characteristic. However, in cooking, the flavour of andaliman has lemon-like notes (similar to those oflemon-grass) as well as a hint of thearomatic pandan leaf.
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| Cladogram of 13 most closely related species according to theOpen Tree of Life.[2] |