Zanthoxylum caribaeum Lam.

Prickly yellow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zanthoxylum

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious tree. It grows 7-13m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 13.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or wet, mixed forest at elevations up to 300 metres. Found mainly in secondary forest formations, where it most commonly grows in fertile soils at the base of slopes.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Rheumatism (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Leaf

Zanthoxylum caribaeum leaf picture by Baptiste Elio (cc-by-sa)
Zanthoxylum caribaeum leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Zanthoxylum caribaeum world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Zanthoxylum caribaeum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775634-1
WFO ID wfo-0000429511
COL ID 5CWCR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630913
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Zanthoxylum gentlei Zanthoxylum occidentale Fagara caribaea Fagara elephantiasis Fagara occidentalis Zanthoxylum elephantiasis Zanthoxylum nelsonii Fagara chiloperone var. angustifolia Zanthoxylum caribaeum subsp. caribaeum Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Lower taxons

Zanthoxylum caribaeum subsp. rugosum