Zanthoxylum
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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.
- Selected species
- 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 bungeanum
- Zanthoxylum caribaeum - Yellow prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - Hercules' Club; Southern Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum coreanum - Korean lime tree
- Zanthoxylum coriaceum - Biscayne prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum dipetalum - Kawa'u
- Zanthoxylum fagara - Lime Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum flavum - West Indian Satinwood
- Zanthoxylum hawaiiense - Hawaii Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum hirsutum - Texas Hercules' Club
- Zanthoxylum kauaense - Kauai Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum martinicense - White Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum monophyllum - Yellow Prickle
- Zanthoxylum nitidum - Shining Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum oahuense - Oahu Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum parvum - Tickletongue
- Zanthoxylum piperitum - Japanese Pepper Tree; Japan Pepper
- Zanthoxylum planispinum - Bamboo-leaf Prickly-ash
- Zanthoxylum punctatum - Dotted Prickly-ash
- 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.
