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Zanthoxylum rhetsa

Indian prickly ash
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. rhetsa
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum rhetsa
Synonyms[2]
Bark
Dried fruits and seeds

Zanthoxylum rhetsa, commonly known as Indian prickly ash,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and occurs from India east to the Philippines and south to northern Australia. It is a deciduous shrub or tree with cone-shaped spines on the stems, pinnate leaves with between nine and twenty-three leaflets, panicles of white or yellowish, male and female flowers, followed by spherical red, brown or black follicles.

  1. ^ Barstow, M. (2019). "Zanthoxylum rhetsa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61958968A61959175. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Zanthoxylum pinnatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Zanthoxylum rhetsa - RUTACEAE". www.biotik.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

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