Zanthoxylum punctatum Vahl (in H. West, Bidr. Beskr. Ste. Croix 310. 1793.)
Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (endemic + Tr) [Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Maria Galante,St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Mona, ], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, ) ], South America (Trinidad),
Common Names: Alfiler (Puerto Rico), Bois-flambeau (L. Antilles), Lépiné rouge (L. Antilles), L'epineux (L. Antilles), Mate árbol (Cuba), Prickle (L. Antilles), Ramgoat (L. Antilles), Toothache Tree (Jamaica),
Synonyms: Fagara trifoliata Sw. (Prodr. 33. 1788.), Tobinia punctata (Vahl) Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 137. 1859.), Tobinia ternata (Sw.) Ham. (Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 57. 1825.), Zanthoxylum ternatum Sw. (Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 570. 1797.), Zanthoxylum trifoliatum (Sw.) W. Wright (Mem. late William Wright 240. 1828.),
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