Zanthoxylum martinicense, the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or espino rubial, is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick conical spines on its bark. It grows up to 20 m tall. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. The flower clusters (panicles) are terminal and much branched, bearing many almost stalkless flowers.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of White pricklyash 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 rhetsa
- Zanthoxylum caribaeum
- Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum
- Zanthoxylum davyi
- Mezoneuron cucullatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
- Species
- Zanthoxylum martinicense
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