Zanthoxylum scandens is a species of woody plant in the family Rutaceae.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. scandens
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Description
editZanthoxylum scandens is a woody plant, observed as a shrub or woody climber.[1] It has a self-supporting growth form, with individual plants growing up to 24 metres (79 feet).[4] Prickles can be found on its trunks, branches, branchlets, and leaf rachises.[1] Flowers are tetramerous, with a perianth in two series.[1] It sepals have been found as pale purplish green in color, ovate in shape, and about 0.5 millimetres (0.020 inches) in size.[1] Male flowers have four stamens, are about three to four millimeters in size, and have a spot at their apex.[1] Female flowers have three carpels with ligulate staminodes.[1] Fruit follicles have been observed as purplish red in color, but grayish brown to black when dry.[1] Seeds are about four to five millimeters in diameter.[1] The species typically flowers from March to May, and fruits from to July to August.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editZanthoxylum scandens is found in China (southern Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,[1] Taiwan and Vietnam.[3]
Its preferred habitats are lowland forests, open forests, and thickets from an elevation at near sea level to 1,500 metres (4,921 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first published in Carl Ludwig von Blume's Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie in 1825[2] and is widely accepted as a valid species.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Zanthoxylum scandens in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Zanthoxylum scandens". International Plant Names Index (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Zanthoxylum scandens Blume - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. July 1, 1965. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Zanthoxylum scandens Bl. - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Tropicos". Tropicos (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Zanthoxylum scandens Blume". The Plant List. April 18, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
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