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Pepperbark
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Pepperbark · Southern Prickly Ash · Hercules'-Club · West Indian Yellowwood · Clavalier des Antilles · Hercules' club · Hercules'-club · Hercules-club · Hercules-club pricklyash · Ittohalokpa · Natikasahlichi · West Indian yellowwood · ceibilla · pepperbark · southern prickly-ash · ɬacho · 美南刺花椒
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, US(Colonial), Haiti, US(Amerindian), Mexico, MX
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cancer, Chest, Colic, Fever
Science studied: N-ACETYLANONAINE, ASARININ, BERBERINE, ISOBUTYL-AMIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rutaceae
Scientific name: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Common names: Pepperbark, Southern Prickly Ash, Hercules'-Club, West Indian Yellowwood, Clavalier des Antilles, Hercules' club, Hercules'-club, Hercules-club, Hercules-club pricklyash, Ittohalokpa, Natikasahlichi, West Indian yellowwood, ceibilla, pepperbark, southern prickly-ash, ɬacho, 美南刺花椒
History
The source record documents this plant in US, US(Colonial), Haiti, US(Amerindian), Mexico, MX.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cancer
- Chest
- Colic
- Fever
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Rheumatism
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- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Sore
- Alterative
- Carminative
- Diaphoretic
- Panacea
- Poultice
- Throat
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- US(Colonial)
- Haiti
- US(Amerindian)
- Mexico
- MX
Documented cultural uses
- Cancer
- Chest
- Colic
- Fever
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Rheumatism
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Tonic
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- Ache(Tooth)
- Sore
- Alterative
- Carminative
- Diaphoretic
- Panacea
- Poultice
- Throat
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- N-ACETYLANONAINE
- ASARININ
- BERBERINE
- ISOBUTYL-AMIDE
- HERCLAVIN
- NEOHERCULIN
- (+)-LAURIFOLINE
- TEMBETARINE
- (-)-ASARININ
- (-)-PLUVIATILOL-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-ETHER
- (-)-SESAMIN
- CANDICINE
- MAGNOFLORINE
- NITIDINE
- 6-O-METHYLTYRAMINE-N-METHYL-CINNAMIDE
- CHELERYTHRINE
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- CINNAMAMIDE
- EO
- HERCLAVINE
- HERCULIN
- LAURIFOLINE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NEOHERCULINE
- PHYTOSTEROL
- PLUVIATILOL-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-ETHER
- RESINS
- SESAMIN
- TANNINS
- XANTHOXYLIN-S
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.
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