4861.000 Ziziphus Mill.

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

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Cyrestis camillus (African map or -porcelain) Larval foodplant

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.	N,W,C	Description, Image
mauritiana Lam.	N,C	Description, Image
mucronata Willd.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
pubescens Oliv. subsp. pubescens	N,E,S	Description, Image
zeyheriana Sond.	W,C	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Ziziphus
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Flora of Caprivi: Ziziphus
Flora of Malawi: Ziziphus
Flora of Mozambique: Ziziphus
Flora of Zambia: Ziziphus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ziziphus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ziziphus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ziziphus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ziziphus
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iNaturalist: Ziziphus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ziziphus
JSTOR Plant Science: Ziziphus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ziziphus
Plants of the World Online: Ziziphus
Tropicos: Ziziphus
Wikipedia: Ziziphus