Cockspur orange
StarZanthoxylum asiaticum
Synonyms: Toddalia angustifolia, Cranzia willdenowii, Cranzia aculeata, Limonia oligandra, Scopolia angustifolia, Scopolia rubicaulis, Scopolia aculeata, Cranzia nitida, Toddalia rubicaulis, Scopolia micracantha, Toddalia schmidelioides, Toddalia ambigua, Cranzia schmidelioides, Toddalia aculeata, Zanthoxylum floribundum, Cranzia asiatica, Toddalia tonkinensis, Toddalia asiatica var. gracilis, Scopolia nitida, Toddalia asiatica var. floribunda, Toddalia floribunda, Toddalia asiatica var. obtusifolia, Toddalia willdenowii, Toddalia micrantha, Toddalia effusa, Cranzia micrantha, Paullinia asiatica, Toddalia asiatica var. parva, Toddalia asiatica
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Zanthoxylum asiaticum (cockspur orange, Asian prickly-ash) is a scandent shrub or small woody climber in the Rutaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Plants reach 3-10 m, climbing through neighbouring vegetation by recurved, woody prickles on the stems, branches, leaf rachises, and even leaflet midribs. The leaves are alternate and odd-pinnate, 10-30 cm long, with 5-13 ovate to elliptic leaflets 3-7 cm long, with a translucent crenate margin and distinct pellucid oil glands; crushed foliage gives off a strong, citrus-pepper aroma. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, unisexual, and borne in axillary or terminal panicles. The fruit is a small reddish-brown follicle 4-6 mm in diameter, splitting to reveal a single shiny black seed; both the pericarp and seed contain pungent aromatic oils similar to Sichuan pepper.
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