Zanthoxylum martinicense(Lam.) DC.

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WFO wfo-0000429580 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. a Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203378498
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by Yolanda M. Leon
fig. b Yolanda M. Leon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 65490342
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by Al Kordesch
fig. c Al Kordesch, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56559117
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. d Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2534644
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by ritirene
fig. e ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182423263
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by ritirene
fig. f ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172846084
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by ritirene
fig. g ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145160602
Zanthoxylum martinicense, photographed by ritirene
fig. h ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145141949

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Zanthoxylum martinicense is native: Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. ColombiaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorHaitiJamaicaPeruPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Zanthoxylum martinicense, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Fagara amoyensis Engl.
  • Fagara juglandifolia (Willd.) Krug & Urb.
  • Fagara martinicensis Lam.
  • Zanthoxylum album Vahl
  • Zanthoxylum amoyense Tul.
  • Zanthoxylum ayua M.Gómez
  • Zanthoxylum berteroanum (DC.) M.Gómez
  • Zanthoxylum juglandifolium Willd.
  • Zanthoxylum juglandifolium var. berteroanum DC.
  • Zanthoxylum lanceolatum Poir.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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