Prickly Ash (Northern)
Zanthoxylum americanum
About Prickly Ash (Northern)
Prickly Ash (Northern) (Zanthoxylum americanum) is a herb used in the Appalachian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Circulation, Toothache, Arthritis, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Zanthoxylum americanum, the common prickly-ash, common pricklyash, common prickly ash or northern prickly-ash (also sometimes called toothache tree, yellow wood, or suterberry), is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States and Canada. It is the northernmost New World species in the citrus (Rutaceae) family, and is the type species in its genus, which includes sichuan pepper. It can grow to 10 meters (33 ft) tall with a diameter...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist