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Ziziphus
Ziziphus /ˈzɪzɪfəs/ is a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in the warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world. The leaves are alternate, entire, with three prominent basal veins, and 2–7 cm (0.79–2.76 in) long; some species are deciduous, others evergreen. The flowers are small, inconspicuous yellow-green. The fruit is an edible drupe, yellow-brown, red, or black, globose or oblong, 1–5 cm (0.39–1.97 in) long, often very sweet and...
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
buffalo-thorn
speciesZiziphus mucronata
Jujube
speciesZiziphus jujuba
Chinese Apple
speciesZiziphus mauritiana
Christ's thorn jujube
speciesZiziphus spina-christi
Ber
speciesZiziphus nummularia
jackal jujube
speciesZiziphus oenopolia
Lotus of the Lotophages
speciesZiziphus lotus
Dwarf Buffalothorn
speciesZiziphus zeyheriana
Wrinkled Jujube
speciesZiziphus rugosa
Ziziphus xylopyrus
speciesZiziphus xylopyrus
large jujube
speciesZiziphus abyssinica
Ziziphus hajarensis
speciesZiziphus hajarensis
False Buffalo Thorn
speciesZiziphus rivularis
Ziziphus elegans
speciesZiziphus elegans
small jujube
speciesZiziphus pubescens
Nepal jujube
speciesZiziphus incurva
Ziziphus angustifolia
speciesZiziphus angustifolia
Ziziphus glabrata
speciesZiziphus glabrata
Ziziphus budhensis
speciesZiziphus budhensis
Ziziphus horsfieldii
speciesZiziphus horsfieldii
Ziziphus cambodiana
speciesZiziphus cambodiana
Ziziphus calophylla
speciesZiziphus calophylla
Ziziphus robertsoniana
speciesZiziphus robertsoniana
Ziziphus funiculosa
speciesZiziphus funiculosa
Ziziphus horrida
speciesZiziphus horrida
Ziziphus timoriensis
speciesZiziphus timoriensis
Ziziphus talanai
speciesZiziphus talanai
Ziziphus mairei
speciesZiziphus mairei
Ziziphus hutchinsonii
speciesZiziphus hutchinsonii
Ziziphus laui
speciesZiziphus laui
Ziziphus fungii
speciesZiziphus fungii
Ziziphus leucodermis
speciesZiziphus leucodermis
Ziziphus oxyphylla
speciesZiziphus oxyphylla
Ziziphus williamii
speciesZiziphus williamii
Ziziphus kunstleri
speciesZiziphus kunstleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1095
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.816
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.816
The Plants of Egypt
Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.27
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.21
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.40
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.41
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.46
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.47
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.32
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.5
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.823
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49042.