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Zanthoxylum
Zanthoxylum (including genus Fagara) is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hercules' club
speciesZanthoxylum clava-herculis
northern prickly ash
speciesZanthoxylum americanum
Lime Prickly-ash
speciesZanthoxylum fagara
Limestone prickly ash
speciesZanthoxylum hirsutum
Shiny-leaved Prickly Ash
speciesZanthoxylum nitidum
Small knobwood
speciesZanthoxylum capense
Japanese Prickly Ash
speciesZanthoxylum ailanthoides
orange climber
speciesZanthoxylum asiaticum
Tambataru
speciesZanthoxylum rhoifolium
Chinese Pepper Tree
speciesZanthoxylum beecheyanum
Zanthoxylum scandens
speciesZanthoxylum scandens
Mastic-leaf prickly ash
speciesZanthoxylum schinifolium
Chinese Wingleaf Prickly Ash
speciesZanthoxylum avicennae
Japanese Pepper
speciesZanthoxylum piperitum
white pricklyash
speciesZanthoxylum martinicense
winged prickly ash
speciesZanthoxylum armatum
Forest Knobwood
speciesZanthoxylum davyi
Sichuan Pepper
speciesZanthoxylum simulans
Zanthoxylum coco
speciesZanthoxylum coco
Zanthoxylum punctatum
speciesZanthoxylum punctatum
Zanthoxylum arborescens
speciesZanthoxylum arborescens
West Indian satinwood
speciesZanthoxylum flavum
prickly yellow
speciesZanthoxylum caribaeum
thorny yellow-wood
speciesZanthoxylum brachyacanthum
yellow prickle
speciesZanthoxylum schreberi
Indian prickly ash
speciesZanthoxylum rhetsa
Sichuan Pepper
speciesZanthoxylum bungeanum
Biscayne prickly-ash
speciesZanthoxylum coriaceum
Zanthoxylum riedelianum
speciesZanthoxylum riedelianum
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides
speciesZanthoxylum zanthoxyloides
Zanthoxylum tragodes
speciesZanthoxylum tragodes
Zanthoxylum setulosum
speciesZanthoxylum setulosum
Hairy Knobwood
speciesZanthoxylum humile
African Satinwood
speciesZanthoxylum gilletii
Zanthoxylum quinduense
speciesZanthoxylum quinduense
Zanthoxylum integrifoliolum
speciesZanthoxylum integrifoliolum
Zanthoxylum ovalifolium
speciesZanthoxylum ovalifolium
Zanthoxylum petiolare
speciesZanthoxylum petiolare
Kawa'u
speciesZanthoxylum dipetalum
Zanthoxylum rigidum
speciesZanthoxylum rigidum
Zanthoxylum melanostictum
speciesZanthoxylum melanostictum
Zanthoxylum chalybeum
speciesZanthoxylum chalybeum
Zanthoxylum acanthopodium
speciesZanthoxylum acanthopodium
Zanthoxylum pancheri
speciesZanthoxylum pancheri
Kauaʻi pricklyash
speciesZanthoxylum kauaense
Zanthoxylum myriacanthum
speciesZanthoxylum myriacanthum
Zanthoxylum syncarpum
speciesZanthoxylum syncarpum
Zanthoxylum foliolosum
speciesZanthoxylum foliolosum
Zanthoxylum dissitum
speciesZanthoxylum dissitum
sand knobwood
speciesZanthoxylum leprieurii
Zanthoxylum decaryi
speciesZanthoxylum decaryi
Zanthoxylum tsihanimposa
speciesZanthoxylum tsihanimposa
Zanthoxylum acuminatum
speciesZanthoxylum acuminatum
Zanthoxylum pistaciiflorum
speciesZanthoxylum pistaciiflorum
Zanthoxylum limoncello
speciesZanthoxylum limoncello
Dune Knobwood
speciesZanthoxylum delagoense
Zanthoxylum wutaiense
speciesZanthoxylum wutaiense
Zanthoxylum panamense
speciesZanthoxylum panamense
Zanthoxylum heterophyllum
speciesZanthoxylum heterophyllum
Zanthoxylum ciliatum
speciesZanthoxylum ciliatum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54837.