This fine and delicious pepper has a spice similar to that of Sichuan pepper but much less powerful. Its very special sensory characteristic with a taste of grapefruit and candied lemon which occurs just after the small slightly spicy notes. This bay or pepper (Zanthoxylum Armatum) is a bush tree 5 to 6m high which will give berries that strangely resemble tiny combava.

These bays once dried open in small lobes revealing the seed. We only keep the seed envelope. These grapefruit and lemon fragrances are due to a very simple reason: the genre of zanthoxylum belongs to the large family of Rutaceaes. In which we find the genus Citrus, which are citrus. So this bay is citrus cousin.

But then, what bay or pepper do we talk about? Is it Timur or Timut?

Indeed mainly in France is used the name of Timut to designate this spice. The Nepalese, where this bay comes from, uses the name of Timur. It is pronounced "Timourrr" in Nepalese. Despite several research, we do not know why there is this error in France. Is this an error on the first import documents?

Anyway if you are looking for Timut, the Timur is the same thing and it's his real name.

Other names:

Scientific name: zanthoxylum Armatum dc.

Nepalese name: Timur, Aankhe Timur

sanskrit name: tumburu

Hindi name: tumbaru

English name: Nepalese Poivre

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