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Ziziphus zeyheriana
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Greystone Park NR
Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka game reserve
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| Common names: | Dwarf buffalo-thorn (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrublet, up to 50 cm, with erect annual stems growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves ovate, 3-veined from the base; margins finely serrate. Stipules in the form of opposite spines, usually on straight, one hooked. Flowers in small axillary clusters, greenish-yellow. Fruits up to 8 mm in diameter. |
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| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1560 m |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C |
| Growth form: | Ps |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Tarucus sybaris sybaris (Dotted blue) |
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African Plant Database: Ziziphus zeyherianaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ziziphus zeyheriana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ziziphus zeyheriana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ziziphus zeyheriana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ziziphus zeyheriana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ziziphus zeyheriana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ziziphus zeyheriana
JSTOR Plant Science: Ziziphus zeyheriana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ziziphus zeyheriana
Tropicos: Ziziphus zeyheriana
West African Plants database: Ziziphus zeyheriana
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