Taxon: Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.

• the 6 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Christ's-thorn   (Source: Firewood Cr ) – English
  
• Syrian Christ-thorn   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• kurna   (Source: Firewood Cr ) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• nabbag   (Source: Firewood Cr ) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• sidr   (Source: Firewood Cr ) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• nabka   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Firewood Cr)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Firewood Cr)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide Firewood Cr)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Egypt
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia; Yemen
  Western Asia: Afghanistan [e.]; Egypt - Sinai; Iran [s.]; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.w.]; Pakistan

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flore du Cameroun.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.
• Zohary, M. et al. 1980–. Conspectus florae orientalis.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ziziphus spina-christi.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ziziphus spina-christi.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ziziphus spina-christi.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Rhamnus spina-christi L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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