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

Malawi: 4 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Cyrestis camillus (African map or -porcelain)

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.		Description, Image
mauritiana Lam.		Description, Image
mucronata Willd.	S	Description, Image
pubescens Oliv. subsp. pubescens	S	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ziziphus

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