Rhamnaceae
Buffalo thorn
Ziziphus mucronata
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ziziphus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Afrikaans
- Blinkblaar-wag-'n-bietjie
- arz
- زيزيفوس موكروناتا
- Bambara
- Surukuntɔmɔlɔn
- Chinese
- 凸枣, 凸棗, 水牛刺, 水牛刺棗
- English
- Buffalo thorn
- ff
- Gulum jaabe
- Finnish
- Afrikanjujuba
- Hausa
- Magaryar kura
- Kinyarwanda
- Umuganzacyaro
- Northern Sotho
- Mokgalô, Moonaona
- Persian
- خار گاومیش
- ss
- Umlahlabantu
- Tsonga
- Mphasamhala
- Tswana
- Mokgalo
- ve
- Mutshetshete
- Wolof
- Siddeem bukki
- Xhosa
- Umphafa
- Zulu
- Isilahla, Umlahlankosi, Umphafa
Synonyms
- Ziziphus adelensis Delile
- Ziziphus baclei DC.
- Ziziphus bubalina Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Ziziphus madecassa H.Perrier
- Ziziphus mitis A.Rich.
- Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata
Photos
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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). About our plant data.