ZANTHOXYLUM

'''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.

Contents

Selected species

External links

Selected 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

★ ''Zanthoxylum planispinum'' - Bamboo-leaf Prickly-ash

★ ''Zanthoxylum punctatum'' - Dotted Prickly-ash

★ ''Zanthoxylum rhetsa'' - Teppal

★ ''Zanthoxylum rhoifolium''

★ ''Zanthoxylum sancho''

★ ''Zanthoxylum schinifolium'' - Mastic-leaved Prickly-ash

★ ''Zanthoxylum simulans'' - Chinese Prickly-ash

★ ''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

★ GardenWeb's HortiPlex Plant Database - Zanthoxylum