Zanthoxylum wutaiense

Zanthoxylum wutaiense (Chinese: 屏東花椒, meaning Pingtung County prickly ash) is a woody plant from the Rutaceae family, it is native to Pingtung County, Taiwan.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Zanthoxylum wutaiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. wutaiense
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum wutaiense
Chen, 1972

Description

Zanthozylum wutaiense is a shrub with glabrous branches and barbed spines. The leaf has 5-13 leaflets, with narrow wing leaves near the top of the leaf axis; the leaflets are opposite, sessile, leathery, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3-10 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, The top is acuminate, the base is tapered or wedge-pointed, the lateral veins are 7-16 on each side, and the midribs are convex on both sides of the leaf. The edge of the leaf has blunt teeth and oil spots in the teeth. The flowers are yellow and form axillary panicles; the peduncle is 3 mm long; the tepals and stamens of the male flower are 5-8 pieces; with the ovary of the female flower being ovoid and oblong, the style is short, and the stigma is capitate. The fruit is ovoid, with 1-2 mature petals, about 5 mm in diameter.[2][3][7]

References
  1. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  2. "屏東花椒 Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen". 中國植物志. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  3. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen at Flora of China".
  4. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen at IPNI".
  5. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen at the Plant List v1.1".
  6. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense Chen at Tropicos".
  7. "Zanthoxylum wutaiense in the Encyclopedia of Life".
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