prickly-ash

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• prickly-ash
• Knobwoods
• prickly-ashes
• pricklyash

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Fagara
• Xanthophyllon
• Lacaris
• Fagara
• Doratium
• Fagaras
• Curtisia
• Tenorea
• Ochroxylum
• Tipalia
• Pterota
• Tobinia
• Pseudopetalon
• Toddalia
• Pohlana
• Cranzia
• Perijea
• Duncania
• Kampmannia
• Dipetalum
• Mioptrila
• Aubertia
• Blackburnia

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. It is further classified within the order Sapindales and the family Rutaceae. Ultimately, it is identified by the genus Zanthoxylum.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant, Zanthoxylum, exhibits a specific geographical distribution across the West Tropical Africa region. It is documented to grow within the borders of Benin, where it thrives in local ecosystems. The species is also found in Burkina, contributing to the regional biodiversity of the area. Furthermore, its presence extends to the coastal and inland territories of Gambia. Finally, the plant's range reaches into Guinea-Bissau, completing its distribution across these West African nations.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Zanthoxylum has 3 reported plant parts identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include seed, fruit, leaf.

Seed

1. Current drug targets
2. Journal of the science of food and agriculture
3. Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

Fruit

1. Current drug targets
2. Surgery

Leaf

1. Current drug targets

Chemicals

Zanthoxylum has 7 reported phytochemicals identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Coumarins, Lignans, SM, Skimmianine, l-asarinin.

Coumarins

1. Heliyon

Lignans

1. Heliyon

SM

1. Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates))

Skimmianine

1. Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates))

l-asarinin

1. Di 1 jun yi da xue xue bao = Academic journal of the first medical college of PLA

l-sesamin

1. Di 1 jun yi da xue xue bao = Academic journal of the first medical college of PLA

sucrose

1. Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

Activities

Zanthoxylum has 5 reported activities identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antimalarial, Antioxidant, Antitussive.

Analgesic

1. Current drug discovery technologies

Antibacterial

1. Current drug discovery technologies

Antimalarial

1. Current drug discovery technologies

Antioxidant

1. Current drug discovery technologies

Antitussive

1. Current drug discovery technologies

Conditions

Zanthoxylum has 19 reported investigations on conditions identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include inflammation, pain, antihypertensive, bacterial diseases, brain diseases.

Inflammation

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Heliyon

Pain

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Heliyon

Antihypertensive

1. Journal of the science of food and agriculture

Bacterial diseases

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Brain diseases

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Gastrointestinal disorders

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Hyperlipidemia

1. Heliyon

Hypertension

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Hypoglycemia

1. Heliyon

Infection

1. Heliyon