Beecheyanum Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum beecheyanum)

Family: Rutaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

UPDATE 10/10/2011: This name is unresolved, but some data suggest that it is synonymous with Fagara alata var. beecheyana (K.Koch) M.Hiroe. The record derives from WCSP (in review) which does not establish this name either as an accepted name or as a synonym with original publication details: Hort. Dendrol. 81 1853.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

The fruit and bark are used as a condiment, a pepper substitute. The fruit is rather small but is produced in clusters which makes harvesting easy. Each fruit contains a single seed. — The fruit and bark are used as a condiment, a pepper substitute.; The fruit is rather small but is produced in clusters which makes harvesting easy.; Each fruit contains a single seed.

Habitat & North American Range

Rocky places near seashores, also in mountains. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)