Rutaceae FAMILY

Zanthoxylum schinifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zanthoxylum schinifolium is a prickly, deciduous shrub; it usually grows 1 - 2 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a food and a flavouring - the seed is sold in local markets in Japan[ 1665 Title Wild Food Plants in South Korea; Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1996), pp. 57-70 Author Pemberton R.W. & Nam Sook Lee Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255805 Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description ]. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - eastern and southern China, southern and central Japan (including the Ryukyus), Korea.

HabitatLow mountains[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Roadsides in Korea[ 151 Title Corean Flora. Publication Author Wilson. E. H. and Trollope. M. N. Publisher Royal Asiatic Society Year 1918 ISBN - Description A very small handbook, it does give a little bit of information on Korean plants. ]. Upland open forests and thickets; at elevations below 800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].