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4861.000 Ziziphus
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:
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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: Ziziphus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ziziphus
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): ZiziphusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ziziphus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ziziphus
Wikipedia: Ziziphus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ziziphus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ziziphus
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