| Accepted name: |
Zanthoxylum americanum Miller |
| Synonym(s): |
-Zanthoxylum fraxinifolium Marshall
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| English names: |
American Prickly-ash
Prickly-ash
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| French names: |
Clavalier d'Amérique
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WZANAM
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of inner bark taken sparingly for heart trouble. Bark used alone and in compound as a tonic(*28). Decoction of bark taken to promote miscarriage. Bark smoked for toothaches or neuralgia. Compound infusion taken for back pain. Decoction of bark taken for worms(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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