Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Zanthoxylum L. [504]

genus_ja: サンショウ

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Rutaceae

family_ja: ミカン

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distribution_en: E.Asia, N.America

description_en: Genus of about 250 species of broadly rounded to upright, spiny, deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, mainly from forest in Asia, Australia, North to South America, and Africa, usually in warmer regions. They have aromatic bark, and are grown for their alternate, usually pinnate leaves, dotted with minute glands, and for their fruits, which split to reveal seeds attached by short threads. They bear cymes or panicles of small, cup-shaped, green or yellowish green flowers from spring to summer; individual plants may be dioecious, or produce both unisexual and bisexual flowers. Suitable for use in a shrub border or as specimen trees. In frost-prone areas, grow tender species in a cool greenhouse.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Root semi-ripe cuttings in midsummer, with bottom heat. Take root cuttings in late winter.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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