Ziziphus zeyheriana Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Ziziphus

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina ovate to broadly ovate, 2–5 × 1–4 cm., apex acute, rounded, truncate, retuse, or mucronate, margin serrulate, base cuneate, rounded, or subcordate, asymmetric to subequal, 3-nerved from base to near apex, tertiary venation reticulate, glabrous or glabrescent above, pubescent below; petiole 1–9 mm. long, pubescent; stipules spinescent, one hooked and one straight at each node or both hooked.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.6 m high. Stems erect, annual from underground rootstock. Leaves with blade ovate to broadly ovate, 20-50 x 10-40 mm, shiny green, 3-nerved from base, margins serrulate; stipules spinescent, 1 hooked and 1 straight spine at each node. Flowers: small, in axillary clusters; corolla yellowish green; Oct.-Feb. Fruit a drupe.
A small shrub. It grows 60 cm high. It has annual stems from a creeping rhizome or underground stem. The small branches are hairy. The leaf blade is oval and 2-5 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The fruit are 7 mm across. They are round and have 2 seeds. The seeds are 5 mm by 5 mm.
Shrublet, up to 0.6 m high. Stems annual from creeping rhizome, branches with paired, stipular spines. Lamina ovate to broadly ovate, 20-50 x 10-40 mm, margin serrulate. Flowers yellowish green.
Shrublet up to 60 cm. tall; stems annual from a creeping rhizome; branchlets pubescent.
Cymes pubescent, few-flowered; peduncle up to 5 mm. long; pedicels up to 5 mm. long.
Ovary immersed in the disk, 2-locular; style 2-fid, up to 2 mm. long.
Fruits up to 7 mm. in diam., globose, 2-seeded.
Sepals 2 mm. long, deltate, pubescent outside.
Petals 2 mm. long, cucullate, unguiculate.
Disk 2·5 mm. in diam., obscurely 5-lobed.
Stamens with filaments up to 2 mm. long.
Seeds up to 5 × 5 mm., compressed.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It is often on termite mounds. It grows in grassland and woodland between 1,250-1,500 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The kernels are used for porridge and also as a coffee substitute.
Uses coffee substitute medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Ziziphus zeyheriana world distribution map, present in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719454-1
WFO ID wfo-0001130996
COL ID 5D656
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ziziphus zeyheriana Ziziphus helvola