Where does sweet pepper belong?

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a geographical indication product of agricultural products.

Xianghua Town is located in the west of Danjiangkou Reservoir, the largest reservoir in Asia, with Xianghua Pepper City in the center of the town as the core. Chili City was completed and put into use in 1992, covering an area of nearly 90,000 square meters, with a length of1050m from north to south and a width of 84m from east to west, with a construction area of 26,400 square meters. The four gates lined up in a row are antique buildings, elegant and luxurious; The layout of urban buildings is reasonable and the design is novel; The pleasant garden-like environment provides an ideal place for business, negotiation and trade.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is the original seed introduced by 1978 from Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After training, it is even better. 1993 was named "Pepper" by the registered trademark of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce because of its bright color, thick skin, strong spicy taste, high oil content and high nutritional value.

At present, this kind of pepper has developed into one of the leading industrial products with the best quality, the most famous brand and the most geographical advantages among similar products in China, and is favored by domestic and foreign merchants. It is also an inspection-free product at Shenzhen, Tianjin, Guangzhou and other ports.

After the completion of Pepper City, due to its beautiful environment, prosperous business and vigorous development of science and technology, education, culture, health and other social undertakings, it attracted nearly 150 customers from more than 20 provinces and cities such as Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Tianjin and Shenzhen and more than 130 counties and cities to open stores here. It also promoted the production and processing of pepper in Xichuan county and even around dengzhou city and neixiang county, and greatly improved the planting area and quality.

In the peak season of pepper market, there are more than 20,000 Japanese merchants, and the annual throughput of pepper is 654.38+10,000 tons, with a turnover of 500 million yuan, making it the largest pepper trading market in China. Dried peppers are also exported to Japan, the United States, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and other 17 countries and regions, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.

Registered products of geographical indications of agricultural products: Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Applicant: Xichuan County Pepper Association

Registration certificate number: AGI00333

Typical quality characteristics of products

External sensory characteristics:

The quality characteristics of pepper can be summarized in ten words, namely: beautiful shape, fresh color, thick meat, strong spicy taste and fragrant taste.

Shape and Beauty: Pepper plants grow closely, pepper grains are uniform in size, green peppers are dark green, old peppers are red or purple, and they are bright and bright. It is the leader of all pepper varieties at home and abroad today. Therefore, it has the reputation of "fragrant pepper red".

Thick meat: Pepper is thick, tender and crisp, and has a comfortable taste. The pulp thickness is 0.05mm, which is very popular.

Spicy and thick: Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a strong spicy taste and is suitable for making dried peppers.

Taste: fragrant flowers and peppers are both spicy and fragrant, mellow and delicious, carefully tasted and continuous.

Internal quality indicators:

Every 100g of pepper products contains protein 14g, fat 10.4g, carbohydrate 60.3g, calcium 200mg, phosphorus 300mg, iron 23. 1mg, vitamin A 0.52mg and vitamin B1.

The regional protection scope of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is Xianghua, Jiuzhong, Houpo, Madeng and Cangfang in Xichuan County, Henan Province. Geographical coordinates are: east longitude11147 ′ ~179 ′, north latitude 32 69 ′ ~ 32 03 ′, north-south width 43km, east-west length 50km, and total area 650.