Rutaceae FAMILY

Zanthoxylum leprieurii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zanthoxylum leprieurii is a low-branching tree with aromatic leaves that forms a spreading crown and grows up to 24 metres tall, though it is often much shorter. The branches are prickled, these prickles becoming bosses on the bole[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ]. The bole is relatively short, not very straight, and up to 1.5 metres in diameter[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for medicinal use, its timber and its branches, which are used as chewsticks.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Uganda, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and northeastern S. Africa.

HabitatForest understorey, or beside streams in open country[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. Submontane and montane forest in Tanzania[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].