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Zanthoxylum alatum
Cultivation Notes

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Latin Name:  Zanthoxylum alatum
Common Name:  Winged prickly ash
Family:  Rutaceae
Synonyms:   Z. armatum.
Known Hazards:  None known

Author:  Roxb.
 
Habit:      Deciduous Shrub
Habitat:  Forest undergrowth and hot valleys to 1800m in the Himalayas.
Height:  4.0     Width:  

Cultivation Details:
Prefers a good deep well-drained moisture retentive soil in full sun or semi-shade[1, 11, 200]. This species is closely related to Z. planispinum[200]. Flowers are formed on the old wood[206]. Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
 
Propagation Notes:
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 scaritication may also help[113]. 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[78]. Suckers, removed in late winter and planted into their permanent positions[113].
 
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