| Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler |
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| Family : RUTACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Zanthoxylum |
| Basionym : Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Fagara senegalensis (DC.) A.Chev. |
| =Zanthoxylum senegalense DC. (1824) |
| =Fagara xanthoxyloides Lam. |
| =Zanthoxylum polygamum Schumach. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or low-branching shrubby, very prickly tree to c. 12(-16) m tall; trunk grey, with large woody thorns falling later, bark finely fissured longitudinally; thorns present on older branches, branchlets, the latter glabrous; leaves glabrous[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Savanna, thickets, dry and transitional forests, forest patches on dry ground, secondary dry forests; coastal dunes and thickets; termite mounds (Burkina Faso); locally abundant in coastal areas. |
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Sometimes planted. Bark of roots and stems toxic. Seeds used for necklaces, also used as pepper. Young shoots and twigs used as chew-sticks. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 202 (1992).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 605 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°89787 |
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