Comments on: Zanthoxylum simulans https://www.scottarboretum.org/zanthoxylum-simulans/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: shoshonnaray https://www.scottarboretum.org/zanthoxylum-simulans/#comment-668 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:27:55 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=1916#comment-668 In the south we call it Tickle Tongue

]]> By: Drew Peogn https://www.scottarboretum.org/zanthoxylum-simulans/#comment-667 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:48:17 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=1916#comment-667 Since the first time I saw our native tree Zanthoxylum americanum, the Toothache Tree, and learned its name, it’s been very memorable.

Z. simulans might have more impressive thorns, but the Toothache Tree has that uncomfortable association dentists might not appreciate between its name and what you imagine the kind of pain those thorns could inflict. Actually, Native Americans chewed the bark and berries to relieve toothache pain, but the tree’s naked branches definitely have a certain sadomasochistic appeal!

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