Zanthoxylum

Zanthoxylum

taxobox
name = "Zanthoxylum"



image_caption = "Zanthoxylum piperitum" foliage
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Zanthoxylum"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 250, see text.|

"Zanthoxylum" (from the Greek ξανθὸν ξύλον, "yellow wood") is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. Common names include prickly-ash and hercules' club.

The fruit of several species are used to make the spice Sichuan Pepper. They are also popular as bonsai trees.

elected species

*"Zanthoxylum acanthopodium"
*"Zanthoxylum ailanthoides" - Japanese Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum alatum" - Winged Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum americanum" - Toothache tree; Northern Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum beecheyanum"
*"Zanthoxylum bifoliolatum" - Maricao Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum buesgenii"
*"Zanthoxylum capense"
*"Zanthoxylum caribaeum" - Yellow prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum clava-herculis" - Hercules' Club; Southern Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum coco" - Coco or smelly sauco
*"Zanthoxylum coreanum" - Korean lime tree
*"Zanthoxylum coriaceum" - Biscayne prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum davyi"
*"Zanthoxylum dipetalum" - Kawa'u
*"Zanthoxylum fagara" - Lime Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum flavum" - West Indian Satinwood
*"Zanthoxylum hawaiiense" - Hawaii Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum hiemale"
*"Zanthoxylum hirsutum" - Texas Hercules' Club
*"Zanthoxylum humile"
*"Zanthoxylum kauaense" - Kauai Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum leprieurii"
*"Zanthoxylum martinicense" - White Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum monophyllum" - Yellow Prickle
*"Zanthoxylum nitidum" - Shining Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum oahuense" - Oahu Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum ocumarense"
*"Zanthoxylum ovatifoliolatum"
*"Zanthoxylum naranjillo" - Naranjillo
*"Zanthoxylum parvum" - Tickletongue
*"Zanthoxylum pinnatum"
*"Zanthoxylum piperitum" - Japanese Pepper Tree; Japan Pepper; Sanshō
*"Zanthoxylum planispinum" - Bamboo-leaf Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum punctatum" - Dotted Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum rhetsa" - Teppal
*"Zanthoxylum rhoifolium"
*"Zanthoxylum schinifolium" - Mastic-leaved Prickly-ash
*"Zanthoxylum simulans" - Chinese Prickly-ash; Sichuan Pepper
*"Zanthoxylum spinifex" - Niaragato
*"Zanthoxylum thomasianum" - St Thomas Prickly-ash

"Zanthoxylum" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Engrailed.

External links

* [http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Zanthoxylum&f=d&gl=1&p=1 GardenWeb's HortiPlex Plant Database - Zanthoxylum]


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