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Also known as Hercules' club or Toothache Tree.
 
Thicket-forming large shrub or small tree 10-20' in height, bark has distinctive spined thick corky lumps, medicinal member of the Rue family, all parts have a numbing effect when chewed, other common names include Hercules Club, Toothache Tree, tolerates drought and poor soils.
 
Latin name Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 
 
Terms and Conditions
I agree to plant this tree in Baltimore City on my property/with permission from property owner within two weeks of the giveaway date.
I understand that by accepting this tree, I agree to allow TreeBaltimore to map and monitor the health of your tree as part of their tree giveaway survive-ability study.
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