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Japanese Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Chinese Peacock SwallowtailPapilio bianor
Spangle SwallowtailPapilio protenor
Red Helen SwallowtailPapilio helenus
Chinese Yellow SwallowtailPapilio xuthus
Japanese angelica treeAralia elata
Japanese PepperZanthoxylum piperitum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| China | 819 |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 812 |
| Taiwan Province | 758 |
| New Taipei | 151 |
| Japan | 87 |
| Taipei | 79 |
| Taitung County | 73 |
| Hualien County | 59 |
| Nantou County | 56 |
| Taoyuan | 47 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Soapberries, Cashews, Mahoganies, and Allies · Sapindales |
| Family | citrus family · Rutaceae |
| Genus | prickly-ashes · Zanthoxylum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Japanese Prickly Ash with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.