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Zanthoxylum nitidum

Botanic Family

Rutaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) de Candolle

Common Names

• Liang mian zhen (Pinyin)
• Rau sang (Vietnam)
• Prickly Ash
• Hantu Duri (Malay)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• S. & SE. Guizhou
• Hainan
• S. Hunan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• S. Zhejiang - China
• India
• Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Negeri Sembnilan
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (China)
• Apr (Papua New Guinea)

Erect or scrambling high-climbing aromatic shrub, tree or woody climber with winged trunk & recurved prickles, glabrous stems. Imparipinnate glabrous coriaceous leaves, hairy beneath, 2-9 pairs. Axillary pubescent panicles or racemes to 55mm long of pale yellow-green flowers, male or female, to 3mm, stamen in male flowers to 6mm, calyx glabrous, 4-5 glabrous petals to 2mm long. Infructescence to 75mm long, fruit with 4-5 reddish-brown follicles to 7mm diameter, 8 mm long.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• GBS
• Wiart 2