Rhamnaceae
Jeruselem thorn
Paliurus spina-christi
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Paliurus
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Common names
By language (31)
- ab
- Акалырқәыц
- Arabic
- شبهان شوك المسيح, صامور, الشبه
- Armenian
- Ցաքի փշոտ
- arz
- نبق
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı qaratikan
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена драка
- Catalan
- Espinavessa
- Chinese
- 滨枣, 濱棗
- Croatian
- Drača
- Czech
- Trnovec Kristův
- Dutch
- Echte christusdoorn
- English
- Jeruselem thorn
- Esperanto
- Kristodorno
- German
- Christusdorn
- Hebrew
- אשמר קוצני, שמיר קוצני
- Hungarian
- Krisztustövis
- Italian
- Marruca
- Japanese
- セイヨウハマナツメ
- Macedonian
- Драч
- mzn
- اسکلم تلی
- os
- Сындзкъутæр
- Persian
- سیاهتلو
- Polish
- Espinavessa
- Romanian
- Spinul lui Cristos
- Russian
- Держидерево тернии Христа, Держидерево
- Serbian
- Драча
- Serbian (Latin)
- Drača
- Slovenian
- Navadni derak, Navadni bodčec
- Turkish
- Karaçalı, Kara çalı
- Ukrainian
- Держидерево звичайне
- Uzbek
- Qoratikan
Synonyms
- Paliurus aculeatus Lam.
- Paliurus australis Gaertn.
- Paliurus clypeiformis Medik.
- Paliurus incurvus Wall. ex Lindl.
- Paliurus microcarpus Wilmott
- Paliurus paliurus H.Karst.
- Paliurus petasus Dum.Cours.
- Paliurus solitarius Stokes
- Paliurus trinervatus Moench
- Paliurus vulgaris Steud.
- Rhamnus australis Pers.
- Rhamnus horrida Salisb.
- Rhamnus paliurus L.
- Ziziphus paliurus Willd.
- Ziziphus spina-christi Georgi
- Ziziphus spina-christi var. microphylla Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 165 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George Papademetriou, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.