| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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| Origin: | ✈ | N & S America, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Exposure: | ☼ | full sun to part-shade"full sun to part-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | moist (good drainage)"moist (good drainage)" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
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deciduous or evergreen. spiny. shrubs and trees. pinnate leaves. aromatic bark. attractive habit. handsome foliage. aromatic foliage.
some grown for fruits, (dried and used for spices). Some have medicinal value. some have fine timber.
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Some species are frost hardy, some frost tender. Need fertile, moist soil with good drainage. Full sun to part shade. Pruning usually unnecessary, but you can shape young plants in early spring.
Propagation
Seed, cuttings and rooted suckers.
Pests and diseases
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Species
Widespread genus of around 250 species.
Select 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, ATemplate:Okinae, HawaiTemplate:Okinai prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum hiemale
- Zanthoxylum hirsutum, Texas Hercules' club
- Zanthoxylum humile
- Zanthoxylum kauaense, ATemplate:Okinae, KauaTemplate:Okinai 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
Gallery
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - leaves
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - fruits
Z. hawaiiense
Z. kauaense
Habitus of leafless plant
Branches of leafless plant showing knobs
References
- Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
External links
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