Rutaceae
Prickly yellow
Zanthoxylum caribaeum
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Prickly yellow
- French
- Lépiné blanc
Synonyms
- Fagara caribaea (Lam.) Krug & Urb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.