Bark
Woody, armed with recurved/prickly spines; young branches often rusty-pubescent.
Zanthoxylum asiaticum
Syn. Toddalia nitida
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
(NE)
Local name
- Wild Orange (English)
- Jangali Kalimirch (Hindi)
- Janglee Marich (Bengali)
Shrub type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Rutaceae
10m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Shiny green lemon-scented leaves.
Flower
Creamish white flowers. Sepals are 0.3-0.5 mm. Petals ovate to elliptic, 1-3.5 mm. Stamens in male flowers are 3-4 mm, whereas in female flowers they are ligulate and only 0.2-0.8 mm. Disk is 0.2-0.5 mm.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruits are orange about half a cm wide that taste like orange peel.
Did you know?
It is used traditionally by several African communities, including the Maasai, for ailments such as malaria, cough and influenza. Its roots contain coumarins that have shown antiplasmodial activity in laboratory studies.
Distribution
Ethiopia to Eswatini, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia