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4861.000 Ziziphus
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or suffrutices; stipular spines usually paired. Leaves alternate, petiolate; lamina minutely serrate, 3-5-veined from the base. Cymes axillary or rarely terminal. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 0 or 5. Disk flat, covering the receptacle, 5-10-lobed or rarely entire. Ovary 2(-4)-locular. Fruit a drupe, usually 2-seeded. Worldwide: 86 species in tropical and warm areas |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| mauritiana Lam. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | Description, Image |
| mucronata Willd.[Agg] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| mucronata Willd. subsp. mucronata | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| mucronata Willd. subsp. rhodesica R.B. Drumm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pubescens Oliv. subsp. pubescens | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,S | Description, Image |
| zeyheriana Sond. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Ziziphus:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ziziphus pageFlora of Mozambique: Ziziphus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ziziphus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ziziphus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ziziphus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ziziphus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ziziphus
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