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North America distribution zone

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Ecology

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Zanthoxylum martinicense (Lam.) DC.

Rutaceae

SE North America (Bahamas, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru)

M[L]

hel mes->xer

dr (chewed bark for toothache, leaves poultice for sore, macerated leaves decoction taken orally or as a bath for digestive tract ailments) fd sa ti

Fagara amoyensis (Tul.) Engl. Fagara martinicensis Lam. Zanthoxylum album Vahl Zanthoxylum amoyense Tul. Zanthoxylum ayua M.Gómez Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Sw. non L. Zanthoxylum juglandifolium Willd. non A.Rich. Zanthoxylum juglandifolium var. berterianum DC. Zanthoxylum lanceolatum Poir. Zanthoxylum martinicense ssp. amoyense (Tul.) Reynel

Martinique pricklyash; Martinique prickly-ash; prickly yellow (Colombia, Jamaica); prickly-yellow (Jamaica); white hercules, white marrys; white prickle (Puerto Rico); wild school tree (Colombia); yellow Hercules (Jamaica); yellow-prickle (Netherlands Antilles, Tobago)

clavalier de la Martinique; bois epineux, bois épineux, bois peine, bois pine, bois piné, bois piné blanc, bois pini (Haiti); epine (Dominica); epine gommier; épineux (Haiti); l'épine (Dominica); l'épine gommier, l'épineja; l'épinet (Trinidad and Tobago); l'épineux; l'épineux jaune, lépiné jaune, lépineux jaune, lépuni jaune (Guadeloupe); pine blanc; pineblanc, pini (Haiti)

agúa, agúa amarilla (Cuba); aguda (Dominican Republic); ayuà (Cuba); ayúa (Cuba, Puerto Rico); ayúa amarilla, ayuà amarillo (Cuba); ayúa macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic); ayuba; ayuda, bagúa, bayuà, bayúa (Cuba); cenizo (Puerto Rico); espino (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); espino rubial (Dominican Republic); espinosa (Puerto Rico); pino, pino de teta, pino macho, pino rubial (Dominican Republic)

bwa penn, bwa pine blan (creole, Haiti); dahue (waorani, Ecuador); pine blan (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Zanthoxylum martinicense (Lam.) DC.
Family	Rutaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer
Use	dr (chewed bark for toothache, leaves poultice for sore, macerated leaves decoction taken orally or as a bath for digestive tract ailments) fd sa ti
Synonym	Fagara amoyensis (Tul.) Engl. Fagara martinicensis Lam. Zanthoxylum album Vahl Zanthoxylum amoyense Tul. Zanthoxylum ayua M.Gómez Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Sw. non L. Zanthoxylum juglandifolium Willd. non A.Rich. Zanthoxylum juglandifolium var. berterianum DC. Zanthoxylum lanceolatum Poir. Zanthoxylum martinicense ssp. amoyense (Tul.) Reynel
English name	Martinique pricklyash; Martinique prickly-ash; prickly yellow (Colombia, Jamaica); prickly-yellow (Jamaica); white hercules, white marrys; white prickle (Puerto Rico); wild school tree (Colombia); yellow Hercules (Jamaica); yellow-prickle (Netherlands Antilles, Tobago)
French name	clavalier de la Martinique; bois epineux, bois épineux, bois peine, bois pine, bois piné, bois piné blanc, bois pini (Haiti); epine (Dominica); epine gommier; épineux (Haiti); l'épine (Dominica); l'épine gommier, l'épineja; l'épinet (Trinidad and Tobago); l'épineux; l'épineux jaune, lépiné jaune, lépineux jaune, lépuni jaune (Guadeloupe); pine blanc; pineblanc, pini (Haiti)
Spanish name	agúa, agúa amarilla (Cuba); aguda (Dominican Republic); ayuà (Cuba); ayúa (Cuba, Puerto Rico); ayúa amarilla, ayuà amarillo (Cuba); ayúa macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic); ayuba; ayuda, bagúa, bayuà, bayúa (Cuba); cenizo (Puerto Rico); espino (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); espino rubial (Dominican Republic); espinosa (Puerto Rico); pino, pino de teta, pino macho, pino rubial (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa penn, bwa pine blan (creole, Haiti); dahue (waorani, Ecuador); pine blan (creole, Haiti)
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