Zanthoxylum fagara
wild-lime, colina, lime pricklyash
Rutaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
tree
Size:
5-20 ft tall by 3-12 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
yellow,green,NA
Fruit Color:
brown, black
Phenology:
Evergreen. Inconspicuous flowers mostly winter-spring. Fruits ripen in summer-early fall. Moderately long lived (Nelson 2003).
Noted For:
Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance, Thorns, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Hedge, buffer or screen plant where its thorns will be an asset. Foliage is aromatic. This author has one growing as a specimen plant and loves its shape and the shiny green rather lacey foliage.
Considerations:
Very sharp thorns.
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Lime Rock
Suitable to Grow In:
9A,9B,10A,10B,11
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals
Larval host for giant swallowtail ( Papilio cresphontes ) and Schaus' swallowtail ( Heraclides aristodemus )in southern Florida.
Provides wildlife cover.
Fruit is used by birds and other wildlife.
Native Habitats:
Hammocks. Scrub.
