Zanthoxylum chalybeum
| Zanthoxylum chalybeum | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. chalybeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.
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Zanthoxylum chalybeum is an aromatic deciduous shrub or tree within the family Rutaceae. It is also known as the lemon scented knobwood.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]A shrub or tree that can grow up to 12 m in height with a large crown; the trunk is furrowed, has woody knobs and often with recurved prickles, while the bark is pale grey in color.[2] Leaves arepinnately compound with 3-5 pairs of leaflets, glabrous or pubescent, they can reach up to 7 cm long and 3 cm wide, and are elliptic to lanceolate in outline. Inflorescence, ancillary racemes or branched panicles, flowers are yellow-green in color.[3] Fuit is ellipsoid in shape with black seeds.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Commonly found in East Africa from Ethiopia southwards to Mozambique.[2]
Uses
[edit | edit source]In parts of Kenya, Uganda and Somalia, a leaf decoction is used for the treatment of diarrhea, throat, stomach and chest pain.[4][2] The leaves are also cooked and eaten as a vegetable or brewed and drunk as tea. Stem bark and root extracts are used in decoctions to treat malaria.[2]
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