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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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
- Family
- Rutaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en White pricklyash en Yellow Prickle
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