Toothache tree - Zanthoxylum americanum - C5
498,00 kr
- The shrub is called toothache tree in Danish.
- Originally, it was used by the Indians for toothache, both the fruits, bark and leaves.
- 2-3 m tall light shrub with strong thorns.
- Fully hardy in Denmark.
- The plant contains several alkaloids (chelerythrine, nitidine and temberatin) as well as herclavine, asarinine, neorerculin, tannins, resin and a pungent essential oil.
- When you bite into a half-ripe fruit, your mouth becomes numb for 10 minutes.
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Zanthoxylum americanum C5
498,00 kr