Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis L. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Zanthoxylum clava-herculis subsp. clava-herculis

Zanthoxylum clava-herculis subsp. fruticosum (A.Gray) Reynel

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hercule's club	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
hercules club	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hercules' club	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
hercules'-club	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hercules-club	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pepperbark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pepperwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prickly ash, southern	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
southern prickly ash	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
southern prickly-ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
toothache bark	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
west indian yellowwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xanthoxylum	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
zanthoxylum	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, berry		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fagara clava-herculis (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 675 (1903).
Xanthophyllon clava-herculis (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70 (1880).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagara clava-herculis Small.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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