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Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.

Fruits & Leaves, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Fruits
Preparation
  • Cooked
  • Dried
  • Raw
Blooming period
March to October
Foraging period
June to July
Seed collection period
October to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Amphoteric
  • Diuretic
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Tree

Scientifc data

Genus
Ziziphus
Family
Rhamnaceae
Wikidata item
Q2920458
GBIF Item
Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. (8228089)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+spina-christi>
  2. Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. in Döring M (2022). English Wikipedia - Species Pages. Wikimedia Foundation. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/c3kkgh accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22. (English)
  3. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. عراف، شكري. النباتات في الكتاب المقدس. عكا: مركز الدراسات القروية، 2009.
  6. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  7. Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
  8. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  9. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.

Citation

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/686 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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