Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
| Zanthoxylum ailanthoides | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 9 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Cross Pollinated | |
| Height: | 59' |
| Open Woods Forest | |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
Propagation: Seed - best sown in a greenhouse as soon as it is ripe in the autumn. Stored seed may requires up to 3 months cold stratification, though scarification may also help[1]. Sow stored seed in a cold frame as early in the year as possible. Germination should take place in late spring, though it might take another 12 months. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter. Plant them out in early summer.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame.
Root cuttings, 3cm long, planted horizontally in pots in a greenhouse. Good percentage[2].
Suckers, removed in late winter and planted into their permanent positions[1].
Cultivation: Prefers a good deep well-drained moisture retentive soil in full sun or semi-shade[3][4][5].
A rather frost-tender species, it is not hardy in most of Britain[6][5] but succeeds outdoors in the mildest areas of the country[3].
Flowers are formed on the old wood[7].
Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Range: E. Asia - S. China, Japan.
Habitat: Mountains, C. and S. Japan[8].
Edibility: Seed - cooked. A pungent flavour, it is used as a condiment[9]. A red pepper substitute[9]. The fruit is rather small but is produced in clusters which makes harvesting easy[K]. Each fruit contains a single seed.
Young leaves[10]. No more details are given.
Medicinal: The resin contained in the bark, and especially in that of the roots, is antitussive, carminative, and powerfully stimulant[11][9].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Dioecious
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dirr, Michael and Charles Heuser. The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation. Athens Ga. Varsity Press, 1987.
- ↑ Sheat, Wilfrid. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. St Martin, 1948.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. Murray, 1992.
- ↑ Larkcom, Joy. Oriental Vegetables. John Murray, 1991.
- ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, 1965.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Sargent, Charles. Manual of the Trees of North America. Dover, 1965.