WILD LIME

Zanthoxylum fagara

 

12 to 25 feet

Medium rate of growth

Full sun to partial shade

Excellent salt and drought tolerance

Zones 9 to 11

 

Large, thorny, dense shrub or small tree with evergreen, shiny compound leaves.

Clusters of yellow-green flowers are followed by small, round, shiny, black seeds on female plants.

Excellent wildlife attractor.

Larval host plant for the Giant Swallowtail.