Yellow heart prickly ash
Zanthoxylum flavum

Family: Rutaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The bark is smooth and grey. The branches are spreading. The leaves are compound with 3 or 4 pairs of oval leaflets along the stalk. They are softly hairy underneath when young. The flowers are small and white or green. The flowers are in clusters and have 5 petals. The fruit are round and the seeds are black.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Bahamas, Bermuda, Central America, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guiana, Haiti, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, USA, West Indies (country/location of origin)

How it is used for food

Edible parts

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Kalabari

Synonyms

Fagara cribosum Spreng.; Fagara dictyophylla Urb.; Fagara flava (Vahl) Krug & Urb.; Fagara organosia Urb.;