| Zanthoxylum martinicense | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. martinicense
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| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum martinicense (Lam.) DC.
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Zanthoxylum martinicense, the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or espino rubial, is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick conical spines on its bark. [1] It grows up to 20 m tall. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. The flower clusters (panicles) are terminal and much branched, bearing many almost stalkless flowers. [2]
Distribution
West Indies [1] and northern South America including Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. [3]
Habitat
Moist areas in limestone based soils in full sun. [1] Typical of lowland forests in the Puerto Rican moist forest ecoregion.
Ecology
The fruit has five parts, each of which splits open to reveal a single shiny black seed. [2] The seeds are small (0.0009 g) and dispersed by birds. [4]
References
- ^ a b c Kirk, T. Kent (2009). Tropical Trees of Florida and the Virgin Islands. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press.
- ^ a b Little, Elbert L.; Wadsworth, Frank H. (1964). Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook No. 249.
- ^ Tropicos.org. 28100551. Missouri Botanical Garden. 25 Jun 2017
- ^ Carlo, Tomás A.; Flores-Mangual, Mario L.; Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A. (2013). "Post-Dispersal Seed Predation Rates in a Puerto Rican Pasture". Caribbean Journal of Science. 47 (2–3): 153–8. doi: 10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a4.
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