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Published In: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 727. 1824. (Prodr.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: March-April.
Type: Type: “India Orient”.
Distribution: Distribution: Himalays, from Swat to Bhutan, Khasia Hills; Japan, Korea, China.
Comment/Acknowledgements: A fairly common xerophytic shrub or a small tree, found in the foothills up to 1500 m in N. Pakistan. The twigs are used as tooth brushes and the stems made into walking sticks.
Illustration: Zanthoxylum armatum DC. (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Hazara, Abbottabad, M. Nath 82 (RAW); Karot, Siddigi & Y. Nasir 7241 (RAW); Balakot, 4500', shrub, 3-4 ft. tall, armed, Jafri & Ali 3277 (KUH); Kaghan Valley, Shogran, 7750', Anwar Kazmi 3305 (KUH); Swat: Battain, 1960, McVean s.n. (E); Uri, 4.4.1930, K.N. Gupta s.n. (RAW).

 

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Small tree or shrub, spiny. Leaves 3(-7)-foliolate, pellucid-punctate; petiole and rachis winged. Leaflets sessile, opposite, 20-75 (-110) x 9-17 (-27) mm, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, entire to crenate, acute, base sometimes oblique; midrib sometimes spiny below. Flowers axillary, minute. Calyx 6-8-lobed, lobes acute. Petals absent. Male flowers: Stamens 6-8, filaments c. 2 mm, glabrous; ovary rudimentary. Female flowers: Ovary 1-3-locular, lobed, c. 3 mm in diameter, pale red, splitting into two when ripe. Seed rounded, c. 3 mm in diameter, shining black.
 
 
 
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