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Taxon:  Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.



Summary
Genus:
Ziziphus
Family:
Rhamnaceae
Tribe:
Paliureae
Nomen number:
42295
Place of publication:
Fl. atlant. 1:201. 1798 Jun (Willd., Sp. pl. 1:1105. 1798 July)
Verified:
09/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Rhamnus spina-christi L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cameroun. 1963-
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  5. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  6. National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  8. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  9. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  11. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
  12. Zohary, M. et al. Conspectus florae orientalis. 1980-
Common names
English
Christ's-thorn –
Syrian Christ-thorn –
Swedish
nabka –
Transliterated Arabic
kurna –
nabbag –
sidr –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.w.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.), Egypt [Sinai], Iran (s.), Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.), Pakistan
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
fuelwood (fide Firewood Cr) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2) –


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