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ACCESS-DATE=15 NOVEMBER 2021, |genus = Zanthoxylum|species = flavum

Martin Vahl>Vahl{{GRIN | access-date=2009-12-01}}}}Zanthoxylum flavum is a medium-sized tree in the family Rutaceae. Common names include noyer,BOOK, Austin, Daniel F., Honychurch, P. Narodny., Florida ethnobotany : Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona : with more than 500 species illustrated by Penelope N. Honychurch ... [et al., 2004, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 978-0-8493-2332-4, West Indian satinwood, yellow sanders, tembetaria, and yellow sandalwood. It is native to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Florida Keys, exclusive of Key West where it has been extirpated. It is threatened by habitat loss and harvesting for its dense, durable wood used in fine woodworking.BOOK, Bucher, Ward., Madrid, Christine., Dictionary of Building Preservation, 1996, Preservation Press, New York, 978-0-471-14413-7, Habitat In its native subtropical range Z. flavum grows in areas with average to high rainfall year-round or with defined dry seasons. It grows on a variety of soils with different drainage regimes, from rapidly draining volcanic derived soils to well-draining clay soils.weblink The tree can grow on serpentine soils. Description It grows with a straight bole, producing a limited canopy of pinnately compound leaves,BOOK, Britton, Nathaniel Lord, Flora of Bermuda, General Books LLC, 1-152-54066-1, clusters of small pale yellow to cream-coloured flowers and small black seeds. The species epithet flavum is Latin for yellow and indicates its flower colour.Archibald William Smith {{google books|ahNMkgoNJ7IC|A Gardener’s Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins|page=258}}BOOK, Harrison, Lorraine, RHS Latin for gardeners, 2012, Mitchell Beazley, United Kingdom, 9781845337315, 224, Sia Morhardt and Emil Morhardt {{google books|1XyN-u-Bk40C|California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species|page=101}} Pollination is probably from bees, and the seeds are thought to be dispersed by birds and bats, as with the closely related species, Z. martinicense. References {{Reflist}} External links {{Wikispecies-inline}} Bermuda Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Yellowood Webpage. {{Taxonbar|from=Q1245313}}{{rutaceae-stub}}