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Zanthoxylum armatum

Botanic Family

Rutaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Zhu ye hua jiao (Pinyin)
• Gawra-kha-nan-nan (Myanmar)
• Teza-bo (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Anhui
• Fujian
• S. Gansu
• N. Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• S. Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• S. Shaanxi
• Shandong
• S. Shanxi
• Sichuan
• N. Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam
• Himachal Pradesh
• Kashmir
• Orissa
• Punjab
• Sikkim
• Uttar Pradesh - India
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Shrub, woody climber or tree to 6m with prickly branchlets & leaves, trifoliolate or imparipinnate leaves to 230mm long with 1-5 pairs of glabrous leaflets to 130mm x 47mm often with flattened prickles on midrib, terminal inflorescences sometimes axillary to 70mm long, male or female flowers, staminate flowers 2mm long with 6-7 green to yellow segments 1mm long, carpellate flowers 2mm long with segments as above, fruit follicles purplish-red to 5mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• USNH
• JAA