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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Hercules-club
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Dick Diener

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Hercules-club

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Familia:

Rutaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Tree

Tamaño:

10–25 (50) ft tall by 10–25 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

yellow

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring. Fruit ripens in fall

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Thorns, Interesting Foliage, Interesting Bark

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen tree.

Consideraciones:

Quite thorny.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Somewhat long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Clay, Loam

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes).

Birds and other wildlife eat the fruit.

Hábitats nativos:

Hammocks, wet woods, dunes, shell middens

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

The bitter aromatic bark was used for toothaches.

Comentarios generales:

Wood is quite soft and weak. This author had one break in a storm. It did however resprout from low on the trunk and the sprout is now about 15 ft tal.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Hercules' Club [in] Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Zantclav ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, FL.


Minno, Marc, and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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