Zanthoxylum martinicense, the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or espino rubial, is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick conical spines on its bark.

Male and female flowers are on separate trees.

[2] West Indies[1] and northern South America including Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

[3] Moist areas in limestone based soils in full sun.

The fruit has five parts, each of which splits open to reveal a single shiny black seed.