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Zanthoxylum undulatifolium

Zanthoxylum undulatifolium is a small, thorny tree of the citrus family (Rutaceae), native to mountain forests in central and western China at 1600 to 2300 m. It is a wild species and is not commonly grown, so the care notes below are general guidance for Zanthoxylum relatives.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -15 °C; protect young plants from hard frost
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (NE. Yunnan to S. Shaanxi)
Climate
temperate

About

Zanthoxylum undulatifolium (from Latin undulati, meaning wavy and folium, meaning leaf. Chinese: 浪葉花椒, meaning "wavy-leaved prickly ash") is a woody plant from the Rutaceae family. It is native to western Hubei, eastern Sichuan, Taibai Mountain in southern Shaanxi to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China.

Where it grows

It can be found in mountain forests or vegetation shrubs at an altitude of 1600–2300 meters.

Other Zanthoxylum plants

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 undulatifolium 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.

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