Zanthoxylum Martinicense

	Zanthoxylum Martinicense ''Zanthoxylum martinicense'', the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or ''espino rubial'', is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick conical spines on its bark. It grows up to 20 m tall. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. The flower clusters (panicles) are terminal and much branched, bearing many almost stalkless flowers. Distribution West Indies and northern South America including Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.Tropicos.org. 28100551. Missouri Botanical Garden. 25 Jun 2017 Habitat Moist areas in limestone based soils in full sun. Typical of lowland forests in the Puerto Rican moist forest ecoregion. Ecology The fruit has five parts, each of which splits open to reveal a single shiny black seed. The seeds are small (0.0009 g) and dispersed by birds. References Flora of Puerto Rico martinicense Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Rutaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Puerto Rican Moist Forests The Puerto Rican moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Puerto Rico. They cover an area of . Lowland forests Lowland forests are found throughout the island's coastal lowlands except for the dry southwest. Characteristic tree species include ''Hymenaea courbaril'', Palma de Coroso (''Acrocomia media''), ''Nectandra coriacea'', and ''Zanthoxylum martinicense''. Trees reach a height of in the northern portions, but are shorter elsewhere. Several species are adapted to dry periods by being deciduous or semi-deciduous. Montane forests Montane forests cover the Sierra de Luquillo and the higher peaks of the Cordillera Central. Trees at middle elevations reach a height of and a diameter of . Common trees of the Sierra de Luquillo include ''Cyathea arborea'', ''Prestoea acuminata'', ''Cecropia peltata'', and ''Ocotea'' species. ''Weinmannia pinnata'', ''Brunellia comocladifolia'', and ''Podocarpus coriaceus'' are found in the cloud forests of the highest pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of Puerto Rico __NOTOC__ This is a list of the endemic flora of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses. Apocynaceae '' Forsteronia portoricensis'' '' Tabernaemontana oppositifolia'' Aquifoliaceae ''Ilex cookii'' ( Cook's Holly) '' Ilex sintenisii'' ( Sintenis' Holly) Araliaceae '' Dendropanax laurifolius'' '' Schefflera gleasonii'' Asclepiadaceae '' Marsdenia elliptica'' '' Matelea borinquensis'' '' Matelea sintenisii'' '' Matelea variifolia'' Asteraceae '' Chromolaena borinquensis'' '' Critonia portoricense'' '' Koanophyllon dolicholepis'' '' Koanophyllon polyodon'' '' Mikania odoratissima'' '' Mikania porosa'' '' Vernonia proctorii'' Begoniaceae '' Begonia decandra'' Bignoniaceae ''Crescentia portoricensis'' ( Higuero de sierra) '' Tabebuia haemantha'' Boraginaceae '' Cordia bellonis'' '' Cordia wagneriorum'' (Luquillo Mountain manjack) Bromeliaceae ''Hohenbergia antillana'' Buxaceae ''Buxus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Zanthoxylum ''Zanthoxylum'' is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. It is the type genus of the tribe Zanthoxyleae in the subfamily Rutoideae. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes. Description Plants in the genus ''Zanthoxylum'' are typically dioecious shrubs, trees or woody climbers armed with trichomes. The leaves are arranged alternately and are usually pinnate or trifoliate. The flowers are usually arranged in panicles and usually function as male or female flowers with four sepals and four petals, the sepals remaining attached to the fruit. Male flowers have four stamens opposite the sepals. Female flowers have up to five, more or less free carpels with the styles free or sometimes fused near the tip. The fruit is usually of up to four follicles fused at the base, each containing a single seed almost a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]