Zanthoxylum
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{{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==
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*[http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Zanthoxylum&f=d&gl=1&p=1 GardenWeb's HortiPlex Plant Database - Zanthoxylum]
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[[Category:Sapindales]]
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