Sichuan peppers are the fruits of a citrus tree, also known as prickly ash, not peppers at all. Also not ash, but also not something you'd grow on your balcony

Sichuan peppers are the fruits of a citrus tree, also known as prickly ash, not peppers at all. Also not ash, but also not something you'd grow on your balcony because they're covered in nasty thorns and second only to blackberries (brambles) in scratch-your-eyes-outness.