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    Facts about Winged prickly ash

    By s mSeptember 1, 2019Updated:September 1, 2019No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Winged prickly ash Quick Facts
    Name: Winged prickly ash
    Scientific Name: Zanthoxylum armatum
    Colors Red
    Shapes Subglobose, 4-5 mm in diameter
    Taste Bitter
    Winged prickly ash botanically known as Zanthoxylum armatum, is a medicinal plant widely found in India from Kashmir to Bhutan at an altitudes upto 2500 meters and also found throughout North East India. It is also found in Taiwan, China, Philippines, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Japan at an altitude of 1300 to 1500 meters. The eight species of Zanthoxylum are Z. acanthopodium DC., Z. floribundaWall., Zanthoxylum armatum DC., Z. nepalense Babu, Z. oxyphyllum Edgew., Z. nitidum (Roxb.) DC., Z. simularis Hance and Z. tomentellum Hook. f. The customary locations of the species are valleys and thickets in the mountains, wasteland and under storey of mixed forest.

    It is a large spiny shrub or small tree. Leaves are trifoliate with leaf stalk winged. Leaflets are stalk less, elliptic to ovate-lace like, 2.0-7.5 × 1.0-1.7 cm, entire to slightly toothed, sharp-tipped and base sometimes oblique. Flowers are minute, yellow that form in leaf axils. Flowers have 6 to 8 acute sepals. Petals are absent. Female flowers have 1 to 3 celled ovary, pale red and 3 mm in diameter. Male flowers have 6 to 8 stamens and large anthers as the flowers look yellow. Seeds are shining black, round and 3 mm in diameter. Flowering period starts from March to April.

    Distribution

    It is found in hot valleys of subtropical to temperate Himalayas, Laos Myanmar, Laos, north-east India and Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, china, North & South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, North Vietnam, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sumatra. In the context of Nepal, it is distributed from west to east at an elevation range of 1000 to 2500 meters in open places and in forest undergrowth. The plant develops in open pastures, wastelands and secondary scrub forest with adequate rainfall. Its habitat is moist areas with deep soils exposed to sun and degraded slopes, natural forests, shrub lands and wastelands. It is found in hot valleys of subtropical Himalayas from Indus area to Bhutan.

    Plant

    The small aromatic tree is 6 meters high with glabrous branches usually armed with straight or slightly compressed and reddish brown stipular spines. Leaves are imparipinnate having 3 to 5 pairs of leaflets, acuminate, elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, rounded or cuneate, margins are usually entire. Inflorescences are terminal panicles that form on short lateral shoots. Flowers are polygamous, minute that form on short cymes. Flowers have 6 to 8 stamens, 2 mm filaments arranged around globose pistillode. A small drupe is a reddish, ovoid and glandular warted and splits into two when ripe. Fruits have single seed which is rounded, black and about 2-3 mm size.

    Floral characteristics

    Flowers form in dense terminal or sparse axillary panicles. It is green to yellow. Calyx comprises of six to eight sub-acute lobes. Stamens are six to eight. Follicles or ripe carpels are solitary, tubercled and pale red. The plant blooms flowers from March to May.

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    Traditional uses

    • Bark and seeds are used as a tonic for treating dyspepsia, fevers and cholera.
    • Branches, fruits and thorns are carminative and stomachic. It is used as a cure for toothache.
    • Take the seeds with warm water to treat stomach problems.
    • Seeds and fruits are used to cure cholera, toothache and to repel leech.
    • Fruits are used as a tonic for cold, fever, indigestion and cough.
    • Chew the seeds to cure toothache.
    • In Nepal, fruit decoction and berries are used for rheumatism, abdominal pain, cholera, skin diseases, asthma and diabetes.
    • Use the fresh fruits as spices or making pickles.
    • Fruit extracts are used to expel round worms.
    • Use the fruits in dental problems and its lotion are used for scabies.
    • In China and India, it is used as a remedy for snake bites.
    • Bark, seeds and fruits are used as aromatic tonic for fever and dyspepsia.
    • Tender twigs are used as a remedy for toothache and to brush teeth.
    • It is used in various chronic problems such as skin diseases, rheumatism, leg cramps and ulcers.
    • It is used for fever, low blood pressure and inflammation.
    • Use poultice (lukewarm) of fresh leaves with rice flour to lower excessive inflammation and pain in neck and throat.
    • Use bark decoction (cold) to clean wounds and ulcers.
    • Leaves infusion is used to provide relieve stomach pains.
    • Apply the leaves paste externally for treating leucoderma.
    • Bark tincture or tea is used for treating dyspepsia, rheumatism, heart and kidney problems and dysentery.
    • Tea prepared from inner bark is used for treating itchy skin.

    Culinary uses

    • Ground the seeds into powder and use it as condiment.
    • Use young leaves as a condiment.

    Precautions

    • It is better to consult the health practitioner before treating any health conditions.
    • If experienced any allergic reactions, avoid its use.

    References:

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Zanthoxylum+alatum

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327268452_Zanthoxylum_armatum_DC_Current_knowledge_gaps_and_opportunities_in_Nepalresearchgate.net/publication/225297305_Phytochemical_and_pharmacological_profile_of_Zanthoxylum_armatum_DC_An_overview

    https://echarak.in/echarak/templates/Zanthoxylum%20%20armatum%20%20%20DC..pdf

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanthoxylum_armatum

    http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Winged%20Prickly%20Ash.html

    https://wikiwel.com/wikihealing/index.php?title=Winged_Prickly_Ash

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Zanthoxylum+americanum

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    Name Winged prickly ash
    Scientific Name Zanthoxylum armatum
    Common names Indian Prickly Ash, Nepal Pepper, Toothache tree
    Name in Other Languages Bengali: gaira;
    Burmese: gawra kha nan nan, teza bo;
    Chinese:  ci zhu ye hua jiao (刺竹叶花椒), qin jiao (秦椒),  zhu ye jiao (竹叶椒);
    English: bamboo-leaved prickly ash, prickly ash, nepal pepper, winged prickly ash, toothache tree, wingleaf prickly ash;
    German: nepalpfeffer;
    Hindi: darman, tejbal, darmar, tejphal, tejpal, tumru;
    Japanese:  fuyu zanshou (フユザンショウ), Fuyu-Sansh; 
    Kannada:  jimmi, dhiva, tumburudu;
    Korean: gae san cho (개산초); 
    Laotian: mad;
    Malayalam: tumpunal, thumbunalari, tumpuni;
    Nepalese: timbur, timur;
    Sanskrit: tejohwa, tumburu, tejpal, tumburuh;
    Tamil: tumpunalu;
    Thai:  mak kak (หมักก้าก);   
    Vietnamese: sẻn gai;
    Hindi: Tejphal, Darmar, Tumru, Trimal, Nepali dhaniya;
    Nepali: timur;
    Manipuri: Mukthrubi;
    Kannada: Dhiva, Tumburudu, Jimmi;
    Malayalam: Tumpunal, Tumpuni;
    Marathi: Chirphal, Naepaali dhane;
    Mizoram: Arhrikreh;
    Oriya: Arhrikreh, Ranabelli;
    Pashtu: Dambara;
    Sanskrit: Saurabha, Tumbaru, Tejovati, Vanaja;
    Telugu: Gandhalu, Konda, Konda-kasimi, Kaasimanda;
    Urdu: Dambrary, Tamur;
    Siddha: Tejyovathi
    Plant Growth Habit Evergreen, thorny shrub or small tree
    Growing Climate Subtropical
    Soil Well drained alluvial, black
    Plant Size 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
    Leaves 4-20 cm long, pungent, imparipinnate
    Flowering Months March to April
    Fruit weight Subglobose, 4-5 mm in diameter
    Fruit color Red
    Fruit Taste Pungent aromatic
    Seed Globose, 3 mm  in  diameter, shining
    Taste Bitter

    Winged prickly ash Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Zanthoxylum armatum

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
    Phylum Tracheophyta
    Sub phylum Euphyllophytina
    Infraphylum Radiatopses
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Subclass Rosidae
    Order Rutales
    Family Rutaceae
    Genus Zanthoxylum
    Species Alatum
    Synonyms
    • Zanthoxylum alatum Hemsl.
    • Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb.
    • Zanthoxylum arenosum Reeder & S.Y.Cheo
    • Zanthoxylum armatum var. armatum
    • Zanthoxylum bungei Hance
    • Zanthoxylum hostile Wall.
    • Zanthoxylum kibada Siebold
    • Zanthoxylum violaceum Wall.
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