Mazhar Botanic Garden

Ziziphus spina-christa (L.) Desf.

Christ's thorn jujube

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000651
English name: Christ's thorn jujube
Arabic name: نبــــق ، سدر
Native: Northern and tropical Africa
Country: North Africa
(PGR): Very common

Evergreen tree growing to 20 m long, 60 cm diameter, thorn in pairs leaves ovate-lanceolate apex acute or obtuse flowers in cymes, subsessile, peduncle 1-3 mm fruit drupe

fruit edible and occasionally sweet. the leaves provide valuable animal forage and fodder.wood yield an excellent charcoal. shade tree. the thorny branches used for fencing. the tree improves soil quality by increasing available.

Rhamnus spina Christi L

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Texture: Adaptable Calcareous Chalk Coastal Alluvial Soils
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Subtropics Temperate Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: All year
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 7- 8.2
Located in: Fruits garden

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