Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum

Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum, known as thorny yellow-wood, satinwood, satin tree or scrub mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a rainforest shrub or tree with thick, cone-shaped spines on the trunk and prickles on the branches, pinnate leaves, and male and female flowers arranged in panicles.

Thorny yellow-wood
Trunk at Tooloom National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. brachyacanthum
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum
Synonyms
  • Fagara brachyacantha (F.Muell.) Engl.
  • Fagara brachyacanthum Engl. orth. var.
  • Fagara venefica (F.M.Bailey) Engl.
  • Fagara venenifica Engl. orth. var.
  • Xanthoxylon brachyacanthum F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Xanthoxylum brachyacanthum F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Zanthoxylum veneficum F.M.Bailey
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