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Ziziphus
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Ziziphus is a genus of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It includes 68 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Eurasia, and Australia and tropical South America. The leaves are alternate, entire, with three prominent basal veins, and often aromatic. The flowers are small, inconspicuous yellow-green. The fruit is an edible drupe, often very sweet and sugary, reminiscent of a date in texture and flavour.
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Ziziphus is a genus of plants within the family Rhamnaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Rosales. The scientific name is cited as Ziziphus Mill., with Ziziphus jujuba serving as the taxonomic type. Common names for the genus include jujube, 枣属, and čičimak.
The genus includes arborescent species, such as Ziziphus angustifolia (Miq.) Hatus. ex Steenis. Records indicate occurrences in Mexico, the Philippines, Kenya, the United States, and Zimbabwe. Institutions holding related records include FC-UNAM, CIBNOR, INECOL, IBUNAM, and BRIT.
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Species
Ziziphus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRhamnaceae
General: arborescent: Ziziphus angustifolia (Miq.) Hatus. ex Steenis.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,413
- With media
- 829
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, CIBNOR, INECOL, IBUNAM, BRIT, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, Kenya, United States, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Malaysia, India
Research
1,887 papers- Ziziphus nummularia: A Comprehensive Review of Its Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Properties.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- "Ziziphus oxyphylla": Ethnobotanical, ethnopharmacological and phytochemical review.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2017
- Ziziphus oenoplia Mill.: A Systematic Review on Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of an Important Traditional Medicinal Plant.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2022
- Genus Ziziphus: A comprehensive review on ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological properties.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- Ziziphus spinosa seeds for insomnia: A review of chemistry and psychopharmacology.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2017
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ziziphus is a genus of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It includes 68 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Eurasia, and Australia and tropical South America. The leaves are alternate, entire, with three prominent basal veins, and often aromatic. The flowers are small, inconspicuous yellow-green. The fruit is an edible drupe, often very sweet and sugary, reminiscent of a date in texture and flavour.
Well known species include the commonly cultivated Ziziphus jujuba (jujube), Ziziphus spina-christi from southwestern Asia, Ziziphus lotus from the Mediterranean region, and ber (Ziziphus mauritiana), which is found from western Africa to India.
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