Timur

Scientific Name: Zanthoxylum armatum

Family: Rutaceae

Parts used: Fruit

Chemical constituents: Major componentts of seed: lemonene, linalook and methyl cinnamate and other compoments are ι-pinen, ι-thujene, β-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, γ-terpinene, ρ-cymene, terpenin-4-ol, piperiton, ccarvone, cuminaldehde, methyl innamate. major component of seed bark: lignanssesamin, fargesi, eudesmin and epi-eudesmin; a neural lactone-pulviatide, dictamine, 8-hydroxyictamine and γ-fagarine 

Uses: as a tonic in fever, dyspepsia and cholera. Used in toothache and considered as carminative and stomachic. 
Distribution in Nepal: 1200-2400m, Mid-western