Rutaceae FAMILY

Zanthoxylum monogynum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zanthoxylum monogynum is a spiny, evergreen tree with a dense, roundish crown; it can grow 6 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, eastern, central and northern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatSemideciduous forests, where it is most commonly found in more open forests on alluvial soils as well as on the edges of primary forests[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].