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Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zanthoxylum

Characteristics

Trees 3-7 m tall, deciduous. Stems and branchlets with prickles; stem prickles with a flat base. Young branchlets pubescent. Leaves 5-13-foliolate; rachis marginate; leaflet blades sessile, opposite, ovate, elliptic, or rarely lanceolate, sometimes suborbicular near leaf rachis base, 2-7 × 1-4.5 cm, both surfaces pubescent or abaxial surface flocculent along midvein, midvein adaxially impressed, margin crenate. Inflorescences axillary but terminal on lateral branchlets; rachis and pedicel pubescent or glabrous. Perianth in 2 irregular series or 1 series, with 6-8 yellowish green ± undifferentiated tepals. Male flowers: stamens 5-8; rudimentary gynoecium 2-lobed. Female flowers 2-5-carpelled. Fruit follicles purplish red, 4-5 mm in diam., pustulose glandular, apex shortly beaked or beak lacking. Seeds 3.5-4.5 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A shrub that loses its leaves during the year. It grows 3-7 m high. The trunk and branches have strong prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 5-11 leaflets. They are oval and 2-7 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are small and yellowish-green and of one sex. They are in groups at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The fruit follicles are round and red-purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.75 - 2.25
Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is native to northern China. It grows below 3,200 m above sea level. It also grows in Yunnan. In Sichuan.
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Waysides and thickets; at elevations up to 2,000 metresa. Found in a wide range of habitats; at elevations up to 3,200 metres.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The dried fruit is used as a spice. The leaves are used as a spice for cooking with fish and for sauce from fermented soybean and wheat flour.
Uses food material medicinal spice wood
Edible barks flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Antineoplastic agents (root), Fishes, poisonous (root), Abdomen (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Chill (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Ascariasis (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Larvicide (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tetanus (unspecified), Ache(Back) (unspecified), Arthralgia (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Earwig (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Spice (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Ecchymosis (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Lactorrhea (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Spermatorrhea (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Antidote(Varnish) (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Polyuria (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Substance withdrawal syndrome (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Habit

Zanthoxylum bungeanum habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Zanthoxylum bungeanum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and Uzbekistan

Conservation status

Zanthoxylum bungeanum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775625-1
WFO ID wfo-0000429522
COL ID 5CWCC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Zanthoxylum piperitum Zanthoxylum nepalense Zanthoxylum bungeanum Zanthoxylum ovalifoliolatum Fagara bungei Fagara piperita Zanthoxylum bungei Zanthoxylum bungei var. imperforatum Zanthoxylum simulans var. imperforatum Zanthoxylum nitidum Zanthoxylum usitatum Zanthoxylum fraxinoides Zanthoxylum bungei Zanthoxylum bungei var. inermis Zanthoxylum simulans var. podocarpum Zanthoxylum bungeanum var. bungeanum Zanthoxylum piperitum var. hispidum Zanthoxylum piperitum var. spinosum

Lower taxons

Zanthoxylum bungeanum var. zimmermannii
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