All spices
306 spices so far, best known first. 88 more are on the list to be written.
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCommon prickly ash
An aromatic North American tree whose bark and berries give a sharp, numbing biteBark · Bitter · Numbing and tingling
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreIndian prickly ash
A pungent fruit from a thorny shrub, used for its tingling spice in coastal India and Vietnam.Fruit · Sharp and pungent · Numbing and tingling
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSichuan pepper花椒 (huājiāo)
The dried husk of Zanthoxylum fruit, prized for its citrus scent and electric numbness.Fruit · Citrus and bright · Sharp and pungent
🇨🇳 ChinaMala麻辣
A fiery, tongue-numbing Chinese seasoning of Sichuan pepper and chilliesPaste · Hot and fiery · Numbing and tingling
🇳🇵 Nepal and 5 moreTimurटिमुर
The dried fruit of a Himalayan shrub, prized for its citrus aroma and numbing tingle.Citrus and bright · Numbing and tingling
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreAndaliman
A citrus-scented, tongue-numbing seed husk related to Sichuan pepperFruit · Numbing and tingling · Citrus and bright
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreZanthoxylum bungeanum
A shrub from China that produces the numbing peppercorns of Sichuan cuisine.Seed · Numbing and tingling
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreSansho山椒
The dried berries and young leaves of a spiny Japanese shrub, prized for their numbing citrus heat.Seed · Citrus and bright · Numbing and tingling
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sichuan pepper: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Timur: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian prickly ash: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common prickly ash: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mala: Theorb, Public domain, source
- Andaliman: Daderot, Public domain, source
- Zanthoxylum bungeanum: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sansho: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source