Rhamnaceae

Lotus

Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam.

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ziziphus

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Lotus (Ziziphus lotus) — FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (17)

aeb: سدرة, نبڨ
Arabic: زفيزف لوطسي, سدر بري
arz: زفيزف لوطسى
Catalan: Ginjoler
Chinese: 枣莲, 棗蓮, 落拓棗
English: Lotus
Esperanto: Lotusozizifo
French: Jujubier sauvage, Jujubier lotus
Hebrew: שיזף השיח, סיזיפוס לוטוס
Persian: کنار کازرونی
Polish: Głożyna afrykańska
Russian: Унаби африканская, Африканская грудная ягода, Лотосовое дерево
Spanish: Abenuz, Artina, Artinera, Artinero, Artino, Azufaifar, Azufaifo de Tunez, Azufaifo de Túnez
Turkish: Gonnara
Ukrainian: Зизифус лотус
Vietnamese: Táo Berber
Wolof: Siddeem pom

Synonyms

Rhamnus lotus L.
Ziziphus sylvestris Mill.

Flowers

In flower: May to September (from 67 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Loopy30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Naouel hakim, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nanosanchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.