SPECIES


Local Name : Shikhuma
Scientific Name : Zanthoxylum gilleti
Habit : Tree
Uses : It helps to cure Stomach aches and Malaria
Morphology : It is a tall tree, large in size with thorns, green thorny leaves when mature but yellowish when still young. Flowers are white in colour and darkblue seeds
Life Cycle : It can stay up to 50 years and flowers annually and seed setting.
Habitat : Moist stream bank, Bushes and shrub berries, Dense forest, Moist shaded slope and near cultivated land
Distribution : Forest and homesteads
Estimated Population : >1000
Average Altitude : 5000-6000 ft
Part Used : Bark