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Zanthoxylum ovalifolium

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Zanthoxylum ovalifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. ovalifolium
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum ovalifolium
Synonyms
  • Fagara ovalifolia (Wight) Engl.
  • non Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Tutcher, 1905[2]

Zanthoxylum ovalifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. Common names include thorny yellowwood, oval-leaf yellow wood and little yellowwood.[3] A widespread species, Zanthoxylum ovalifolium can be found from India, through southeast Asia, New Guinea, and on to northern Australia. It is a timber tree valued for its yellow heartwood.

References

  1. ^ Ill. Ind. Bot. 1:169. (1839)
  2. ^ Tutcher, William James (1 July 1905). "Descriptions of some New Species and Notes on other Chinese Plants". Journal of the Linnean Society. 37 (258): 58–70. Zanthoxylum ovalifolium, Wight? Specimens of, apparently, this species were found on the southern slope of Mt. Parker in April, 1903. They differ from the description of Z. ovalifolium in the rusty-tomentose inflorescence and much thinner (papery) leaves.
  3. ^ "Factsheet - Zanthoxylum ovalifolium". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Australian Tropical Herbarium. Retrieved 19 June 2020.