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Ziziphus zeyheriana
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Greystone Park NR
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Greystone Park NR
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Harare
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| Common names: | Dwarf buffalo-thorn (English) |
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Shrublet, up to 50 cm, with erect annual stems growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves ovate, 3-veined from the base; margins finely serrate. Stipules in the form of opposite spines, usually on straight, one hooked. Flowers in small axillary clusters, greenish-yellow. Fruits up to 8 mm in diameter. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct-Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Tarucus sybaris sybaris (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 38. As Ziziphus zeyherana Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 421 - 423. As Ziziphus zeyherana (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 70. As Ziziphus zeyherana Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 96. |
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