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Kauai prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum kauaense A.Gray

Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Zanthoxylum

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Kauai prickly-ash: Zanthoxylum kauaense (unifoliate form). Location: Maui, Auwahi
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Kauai prickly-ash, Kauai pricklyash

Synonyms

  • Fagara glandulosa Engl.
  • Fagara kauaensis (A.Gray) Engl.
  • Fagara mauiensis (H.Mann) Engl.
  • Fagara multiflora Engl.
  • Fagara multifoliolata O.Deg. & Skottsb.
  • Fagara semiarticulata (H.St.John & Hosaka ex O.Deg.) O.Deg.
  • Fagara skottsbergii O.Deg. & I.Deg.
  • Zanthoxylum glandulosum Hillebr.
  • Zanthoxylum hillebrandii P.G.Waterman
  • Zanthoxylum hillebrandii var. hiloense (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum kauaense var. kohalanum (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum kauaense var. tenuifolium (O.Deg. & Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum maviense H.Mann
  • Zanthoxylum maviense var. cranwelliae (Skottsb.) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum maviense var. kaalanum (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum maviense var. lanaiense (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum maviense var. maunahuiense (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Zanthoxylum molokaiense B.C.Stone
  • Zanthoxylum semiarticulatum H.St.John & Hosaka ex O.Deg.
  • Zanthoxylum skottsbergii (O.Deg. & I.Deg.) H.St.John

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

Photos

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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.