Zanthoxylum fagara
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Wild-lime, Colina, Lime Pricklyash
Rutaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Tree | |
| Size: | 5-20 ft tall by 3-12 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | Yellow,green,NA | |
| Fruit Color: | Brown,black | |
| Phenology: | Evergreen. Inconspicuous flowers mostly winter-spring. Fruits ripen in summer-early fall. Moderately long lived (Nelson 2003). | |
| Noted for: | Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage, Thorns |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | Very sharp thorns. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Lime rock, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Provides wildlife cover. Fruit is used by birds and other wildlife. | |
| Insects: | Larval host for giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) and Schaus' swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus)in southern Florida. | |
| Native Habitats: | Hammocks. Scrub. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| Ethnobotany: | 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. | |
| General Comments: | Fragrant flowers and crushed foliage smells like limes. Dioecious: male and female flowers are on separate plants. |