Thorny yellow-wood | |
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Trunk at Tooloom National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
Species: | Z. brachyacanthum
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Binomial name | |
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum, known as thorny yellow-wood, satinwood, satin tree or scrub mulga,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a rainforest shrub or tree with thick, cone-shaped spines on the trunk and prickles on the branches, pinnate leaves, and male and female flowers arranged in panicles.