Prickly ash

Prickly Ash
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name for two deciduous shrubs or small trees (Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava-herculis) of the family Rutaceae (rue family).

Additional Comments: Prickly ash bark was a toothache remedy for the Native Americans, who also boiled the inner bark to make a wash for itching skin. It was brought to Europe in the mid-19th century for the same purpose.

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The name Prickly Ash has also been given to Aralia spinosa (Linn.), the Prickly Elder, or Angelica Tree, the bark, roots and berries of which are used as alteratives.
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Southern Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)
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Japanese Prickly Ash ( Zanthoxylum piperitum )
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The English name prickly ash refers on one side to the numerous thorns of the plant (which are even commonly found in the dried spice), on the other side to the pinnate leaves, which very much resemble those of ash (Fraxinus excelsior ).

Winged Prickly Ash [English]: Zanthoxylum planispinum
Winged Prickly Ash [English]: Zanthoxylum armatum
Winged Prickly-Ash [English]: Zanthoxylum armatum
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3. Giant Swallowtail - prickly ash, citrus trees (Papilio cresphontes) (Zanthoxylum americanum)
4. Spicebush Swallowtail - Spicebush, sassafras (Papilio troilus) (Lindera benzoin) ...

#872 Aralia spinosa
Common Names: devil's walking stick, prickly ash, prickly elder, angelica tree, pigeon tree, shotbush
Family: Araliaceae (ginseng Family)
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Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos, pea family) has been implicated in causing similar toxic signs, but the information on this is not clear. Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum, citrus family) superficially resembles black locust in vegetative ...

Aralia spinosa
(Devil's walking stick, Hercules club, Angelica tree, Prickly ash) Be the first to rate this plant
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Margins of leaflets entire: Kentucky coffeetree
Irregularly bi-pinnate, margins of leaflets entire, thorns on stems above the axils of the leaves: honey locust
Margins of leaflets serrate, stems spiny: Prickly Ash ...

While Acmella oleracea is a herb, known as Toothache Plant, Zanthoxylum armatum is a tree known as Toothache Tree or, more commonly, Winged Prickly Ash. In Hindi it is known as Darmar, Tumru, Timroo, Trimal.

See also: Ash, Aster, Lemon, Violet, Pink