Zanthoxylum 1630449 222212982 2008-06-28T03:13:46Z Dysmorodrepanis 303688 {{Taxobox | name = ''Zanthoxylum'' | image = Zanthoxylum piperitum leaves ja01.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Zanthoxylum piperitum'' foliage | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Sapindales]] | familia = [[Rutaceae]] | genus = '''''Zanthoxylum''''' | genus_authority = L. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 250, see text. }} [[image:Zanthoxylum simulans close.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Leafless ''[[Zanthoxylum simulans|Z. simulans]]'' showing its knobbed bark]] '''''Zanthoxylum''''' (from the [[Greek language|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. ==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 *''[[Fagara coco|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 [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]]. ==External links== {{commons}} *[http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Zanthoxylum&f=d&gl=1&p=1 GardenWeb's HortiPlex Plant Database - Zanthoxylum] {{Rutaceae-stub}} [[Category:Sapindales]] [[es:Zanthoxylum]] [[fr:Zanthoxylum]] [[it:Zanthoxylum]] [[ko:산초나무속]] [[pt:Zanthoxylum]] [[to:ake]] [[vi:Chi Xuyên tiêu]]