Zanthoxylum martinicense

Species of tree

Zanthoxylum martinicense

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Sapindales
Family:  | Rutaceae
Genus:  | Zanthoxylum
Species:  |

Z. martinicense

Binomial name
Zanthoxylum martinicense

(Lam.) DC.

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

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West Indies[1] and northern South America including Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.[3]

## Habitat

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Moist areas in limestone based soils in full sun.[1] Typical of lowland forests in the Puerto Rican moist forest ecoregion.

## Ecology

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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

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1. ^ a b c Kirk, T. Kent (2009). Tropical Trees of Florida and the Virgin Islands. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Tropicos.org. 28100551. Missouri Botanical Garden. 25 Jun 2017
4. ^ 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.a4.2–3&rft.pages=153-8&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info:doi/10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a4&rft.aulast=Carlo&rft.aufirst=Tomás+A.&rft.au=Flores-Mangual,+Mario+L.&rft.au=Caraballo-Ortiz,+Marcos+A.&rft_id=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a4&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Zanthoxylum+martinicense" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Zanthoxylum martinicense|

* Wikidata: Q15395596
* Wikispecies: Zanthoxylum martinicense
* BOLD: 437872
* CoL: 7GD5K
* EoL: 582229
* EPPO: ZANMA
* GBIF: 3190119
* GRIN: 42192
* iNaturalist: 475766
* IPNI: 775850-1
* IRMNG: 11061775
* ITIS: 28868
* NCBI: 883810
* Open Tree of Life: 42586
* Plant List: kew-2469445
* PLANTS: ZAMA
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775850-1
* Tropicos: 28100551
* WFO: wfo-0000429580

Fagara martinicensis|

* Wikidata: Q39840708
* CoL: 3DRQM
* GBIF: 5593072
* GRIN: 16520
* IPNI: 773405-1
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:773405-1
* Tropicos: 28100147
* WFO: wfo-0000684832

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