White pricklyash

Zanthoxylum martinicense, the white prickly-ash or yellow prickle, is a deciduous tree of the Rutaceae reaching up to fifteen to twenty metres tall, with a straight trunk that is often armed with stout, conical, corky-based prickles, especially on younger trunks and branches. The alternate leaves are large and pinnately compound, with numerous opposite, ovate to elliptic leaflets that are aromatic and gland-dotted when crushed, releasing a citrus-pungent scent typical of the genus. Small greenish-white to yellowish flowers are borne in large terminal panicles. The fruit is a small reddish-brown capsule (follicle) that splits to release a shiny black seed; the seeds and bark have a pungent, peppery taste. Native to the Caribbean and the Antilles as well as parts of Central and northern South America, it grows in moist and dry forests, secondary woodland, and along roadsides.