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Zanthoxylum fagara
Also called Lime Prickly Ash, Wild Lime, Wild Limetree
Zanthoxylum fagara or wild lime, is a species of flowering plant that—despite its name—is not part of the genus Citrus with real limes and other fruit, but is a close cousin in the larger citrus family, Rutaceae. It is more closely related to Sichuan pepper. It is native to southern Florida and Texas in the United States, and to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Paraguay. Common names include: lime prickly-ash, wild lime, colima, uña de gato, and corriosa.
The powdered bark and leaves have been used as a spice, with an odor similar to that of limes.
Fagara externa · Zanthoxylum acanthopodium · Alianthus Like Prickly Ash · Zanthoxylum albuquerquei · Common pricklyash · Winged Prickly Ash · Climbing Orange · Zanthoxylum atchoum · Zanthoxylum austrosinense · Chinese Wingleaf Prickly Ash · Satinwood · Sichuan Pepper
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zanthoxylum fagara by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
