Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Zanthoxylum fagara

wild-lime, colina, lime pricklyash
  • Photo by: Kari Ruder, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

wild-lime, colina, lime pricklyash

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Zanthoxylum fagara

Familia:

Rutaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

5-20 ft tall by 3-12 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow,green,NA

Color de la fruta:

brown, black

Fenología:

Evergreen. Inconspicuous flowers mostly winter-spring. Fruits ripen in summer-early fall. Moderately long lived (Nelson 2003).

Destacado por:

Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance, Thorns, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Hedge, buffer or screen plant where its thorns will be an asset. Foliage is aromatic.  This author has one growing as a specimen plant and loves its shape and the shiny green rather lacey foliage.

Consideraciones:

Very sharp thorns.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

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

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

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Lime Rock

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

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

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for giant swallowtail ( Papilio cresphontes ) and Schaus' swallowtail ( Heraclides aristodemus )in southern Florida.

Provides wildlife cover.





Fruit is used by birds and other wildlife.

Hábitats nativos:

Hammocks. Scrub.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Fruit is edible, but is also a numbing agent. Powdered bark, leaves or fruit can be used as a spice. Wood is used for making furniture.

Comentarios generales:

Fragrant flowers and crushed foliage smells like limes. Dioecious: male and female flowers are on separate plants.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Bradley, Keith.  2018.  Zanthoxylum fagara.  Florida Wildflower Foundation.  https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-zanthoxylum-fagara/



Hammer, Roger L.  2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Press of Florida.



Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2010.  Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses)



Institute for Regional Conservation.  Accessed 2021.  Natives for Your Neighborhood.  https://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Zantfaga.



Minno, Marc and Maria Minno.  1999. Florida Butterfly Gardening.  University Press of Florida. 



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela.  2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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