Zanthoxylum davyi, the forest knobwood, is a dioecious species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is native to the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa, western Eswatini and eastern Zimbabwe. It occurs in coastal and mistbelt forests, and grows some 10 to 24 m tall.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Forest Knobwood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Zanthoxylum rhoifolium
- Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum
- Zanthoxylum rhetsa
- Zanthoxylum martinicense
- Zanthoxylum caribaeum
- Mezoneuron cucullatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
- Species
- Zanthoxylum davyi
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