# Zanthoxylum liboense

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***Zanthoxylum liboense*** (Chinese: **荔波花椒** (Pinyin: lì bō huā jiāo) is a plant in the [Rutaceae](/source/Rutaceae) family.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

## Description

*Z. liboense* is a [shrub](/source/Shrub) or climbing vine that reaches 1.5 meters high. The [branchlets](/source/Branchlet) and leaf shafts have many hooks and short spines. Its biennial branches are brown-black with fine longitudinal wrinkles and short hairs. The leaf shafts are round and pubescent with the [inflorescence](/source/Inflorescence) shaft and [petiole](/source/Petiole_(botany)). The leaves have 5-9 leaflets. The leaflets are nearly opposite or alternate, thin leathery, entire, ovoid or elliptical, 6–8 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, round base, [acuminate](/source/Acuminate) or short apex at the top, symmetrical on both sides, the back of the leaf is short-haired. The midrib is flat on the leaf surface, while the upper half is slightly concave, [puberulent](/source/Puberulent). Leaflets have 10 lateral veins on each side -13; small [petioles](/source/Petiole_(botany)) are 2–5 mm long.

The flowers have not been seen. [Infructescence](/source/Infructescence) axillary, 3–4 cm long, the fruit sequence axis is slender than the petiole; the fruit stalk is 6–10 mm long; each fruit is composed of 4 [lobules](/source/Lobules), densely pubescent when young, and sparsely hairs when mature. The diameter of a single branch is 7–8 mm, and the oil spot is not obvious. The awn tip on the top side is 1-1.5 mm long, and it is dark brown and black when dried; the seed diameter is 5–6 mm. Fruiting period from August to September.

## Habitat

It is native to [Libo](/source/Libo_County), [Guizhou](/source/Guizhou), [China](/source/China). It is found in the shaded forests or bushes of valleys at an altitude of about 730 meters.[2][3][7]

## References

1. ["Zanthoxylum liboense C.C.Huang | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:931746-1). *Plants of the World Online*

1. ["雷波花椒 *Zanthoxylum liboense C. C. Huang*"](http://www.iplant.cn/info/Zanthoxylum%20liboense?t=z). 中國植物志. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

1. ["Zanthoxylum liboense in Flora of China @ efloras.org"](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242355572). *www.efloras.org*

1. ["Zanthoxylum liboense | International Plant Names Index"](https://www.ipni.org/n/931746-1). *www.ipni.org*

1. ["Zanthoxylum liboense C.C. Huang — The Plant List"](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50118437). *www.theplantlist.org*

1. ["Tropicos | Name - Zanthoxylum liboense C.C. Huang"](http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50118437). *legacy.tropicos.org*

1. ["Zanthoxylum liboense C. C. Huang - Encyclopedia of Life"](https://eol.org/pages/2874929). *eol.org*

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