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| Family : RHAMNACEAE |
Protologue : Encycl. (Lamarck) 3(1): 319 (1789) |
| Information on the genus : Ziziphus |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (indigenous) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ziziphus jujuba (L.) Gaertn. |
| =Rhamnus jujuba L. (1753) |
| =Ziziphus jujuba (L.) Lam. (1789) |
| =Ziziphus mauritiana var. orthacantha (DC.) A.Chev. |
| =Ziziphus orthacantha DC. (1825) |
| =Ziziphus mauritiana var. deserticola A.Chev. |
| =Ziziphus muratiana Maire |
| =Ziziphus mauritiana var. muratiana (Maire) A.Chev. (1952) |
| =Rhamnus mauritiana Soy.-Will. |
| =Ziziphus aucheri Boiss. |
| =Ziziphus jujuba var. stenocarpa Kuntze |
| =Ziziphus jujuba f. aequilaterifolia Engl. |
| =Ziziphus rotunda DC. |
| =Ziziphus tomentosa Poir. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree 3-16(-20) m tall, armed with spinous stipules (one curved, one straight) or rarely unarmed; trunk to 45 cm Ø, 1,5 m in girth; bark greyish-dark brown, fissured; crown of densely tangled drooping branches;[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Cultivated, not known to be indigenous to Africa; cultivations, disturbed areas near settlements, along roads; riverine bushland or woodland; widespread in the drier parts of tropical Africa. |
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1-1800 m alt.Probably originally from the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent. This species has the greatest world dispersal in the genus, widespread in Arabia, India, Far East, Australia (fide Burkill, l.c.).[…] |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht up to 15 m. Distribution KN |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 139 (1986).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- QUÉZEL, P. & S. SANTA (1963). NOUVELLE FLORE DE L'ALGÉRIE et des régions désertiques méridionales. vol. [2] CNRS., Paris. [p.620]
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.336]
- GREUTER, W., M. BURDET & G.LONG (1989). MED-CHECKLIST. [vol. 4] Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. [p.458]
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. [p.307]
- BENABID, A (2000). Flore et écosystèmes du Maroc. Evaluation et préservation de la biodiversité. Éd. Ibis Press & Kalila Wa Dimna, Paris - Rabat. 359p. [p.]
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: [339]
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2007). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.2] Fl. Prat. Maroc 2: [239]
Bibliography other :
- SAHKI, A. & R.SAHKI (2004). Le Hoggar, promenade botanique Esope Eds. [p.74]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°83592 modified 2007-04-17 |
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