Zanthoxylum setulosum

Botanical Description

Zanthoxylum setulosum is a tree usually growing from 6 - 12 metres tall, though occasionally it can be as small as 3 metres or as tall as 20 metres[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. ]. The bole can be 10 - 20cm in diameter and is armed, especially when young, with many large prickles[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.