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Zanthoxylum laetum is a spiny climbing shrub or vine from southern China and northern Vietnam, growing up to about 4 m in humid forest. It is grown mainly for its fragrant, prickly foliage in subtropical gardens.
Zanthoxylum laetum is a species of woody plant from the Rutaceae family.
It is native to North Vietnam and Guangdong (Zhanjiang region), Hainan, southwestern Guangxi, and southern Yunnan in China.It is found at 500–1200 meters in mountain mixed woods. It grows in limestone mountains and soil mountains. It is common in humid dense forests and climbs on other trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zanthoxylum laetum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
