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Ziziphus mucronata - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ziziphus mucronata - Upper and lower surface of leaves on twigs - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaves on twigs; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ziziphus mucronata - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Ziziphus mucronata - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1479
Date of entry: 14.12.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Buffalo Thorn

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Rhamnales (26)

        Family: Rhamnaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Ziziphus (2)

            Epithet: mucronata Willd. (3)

mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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