Rutaceae
Little yellowwood
Zanthoxylum ovalifolium
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 异叶花椒, 異葉花椒
- English
- Little yellowwood, Oval-leaf yellow wood, Thorny yellowwood
- Malayalam
- കാന്തം കൊളുത്ത്
Synonyms
- Fagara ovalifolia (Wight) Engl.
- Fagara varians Domin
- Limonia leptostachya Jack ex Hook.f.
- Toddalia mitis Miq. ex Hook.f.
- Zanthoxylum dominianum Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Zanthoxylum inerme C.T.White
- Zanthoxylum lucidum Wall.
- Zanthoxylum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium
- Zanthoxylum sepiarium Wight
- Zanthoxylum suberosum C.T.White
- Zanthoxylum wallichianum Steud.
Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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). About our plant data.