Ludian Green Prickly Ash

Ludian Green Prickly Ash

Ludian Green Prickly Ash is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Ludian prickly ash, especially the green variety, is one of the premium cultivars of the Jinjiang Prickly Ash series. It is abundantly produced in townships such as Suoshan, Lehong, and Longtoushan in our county. It has a wide range of economic uses: it can be used as a food flavoring and aromatic ingredient, and also offers medicinal benefits such as warming the middle energizer, dispelling cold, regulating qi, and relieving pain. The prickly ash boasts a rich, numbing aroma and is hailed as the “King of Seasonings,” a widely enjoyed condiment among the Chinese people.

　　The purely naturally processed green prickly ash is a high-nutrition, pollution-free green seasoning and health product, with an annual yield of 50–100 tons.

　　Ludian green prickly ash enjoys the reputation of being the “King of Seasonings.” It is rich in numb-taste elements, carbohydrates, vitamin C, iron, zinc, selenium, and other trace elements. Ludian green prickly ash is manually harvested and sun-dried naturally, featuring a bright green color, pure numb taste, and long-lasting aroma.

　　Ludian has been cultivating green prickly ash for over a thousand years and is one of the best-growing regions and key production areas for green prickly ash in China. Since 2006, Ludian County has supported the development of the prickly ash industry as a pillar industry, adding 166,800 mu of new prickly ash planting area. Currently, the total planting area of prickly ash in the county has reached 211,000 mu, of which 124,000 mu are in production. These are mainly distributed across townships such as Suoshan, Jiangdi, Huodehong, Xiaozhai, Longtoushan, and Lehong, involving nearly 50,000 farming households and approximately 200,000 prickly ash growers. In 2010, the county’s total prickly ash output reached 15 million kilograms, with a production value of 750 million yuan.

　　Ludian enjoys a unique climate characterized by “four seasons on one mountain and different weather within ten miles.” The green prickly ash here grows in a natural environment with fresh air and no pollution. The green prickly ash grains are large, with a pure and intense numbing flavor. They are rich in essential vitamins, magnesium, iron, zinc, and other trace elements, as well as various unsaturated fatty acids, making their quality the best among all types of prickly ash.

　　Ludian has also established one county-level prickly ash business association, four township-level specialized prickly ash associations, and ten village-level specialized prickly ash associations, putting the development of the Ludian prickly ash industry on a track of professionalization and standardization. Agricultural product development companies such as Xinhui Agricultural Specialties Development Co., Ltd. and Dacheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. have successfully adopted the “company + association + base + farmer” development model, successively launching dozens of products including prickly ash oil, prickly ash seed oil, preserved fresh prickly ash, prickly ash gift sets, and prickly ash essence. Ludian green prickly ash products are exported to Sichuan, Chongqing, Shanghai, Hebei, Jiangsu, and other places, and marketing networks have now been established in provinces such as Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Shandong.