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prickles
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prickles on leaves |
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| flowers small in short, wide, terminal panicles; 5-merous; petals yellow-green | habit--Zanthoxylum hirsutum is usually a relatively short tree |
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| leaves are toothed and gland-dotted; Do you see the gland dots on the margins? Chewing a small abount of leaflet gives the tongue a tingling, numb sensation. | branch showing terminal inflorescences |
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| young leaves--are these leaves compound or simple? specific epithet comes from the sparsely-pubescent rachis |
another photo of the
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