Rhamnaceae
Christ's thorn
Ziziphus spina-christi
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ziziphus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- سدر, نبق
- arz
- سدر
- Bambara
- Bantɔmɔlɔn
- Chinese
- 基督刺枣, 基督刺棗
- Danish
- Tornet Jujube
- English
- Christ's thorn
- ff
- Kurnaahi
- French
- Jujubier de Palestine, Épine du Christ
- Hebrew
- שיזף מצוי
- Korean
- 가시갯대추나무
- Malagasy
- Tsinefo
- pap
- Apeldam
- Persian
- کنار
- Polish
- Głożyna cierń Chrystusa
- shi
- Azggʷur
- Sindhi
- صوفي ٻير
- Somali
- Nibis
- Spanish
- Azufaifo de la espina de Cristo, Espina santa
Synonyms
- Rhamnus divaricata Forssk.
- Rhamnus heterogenea Burm.f.
- Rhamnus recta Forssk.
- Rhamnus spina-christi L.
- Ziziphus africana Mill.
- Ziziphus amphibia A.Chev.
- Ziziphus heterogenea Poir.
- Ziziphus sphaerocarpa Tul.
Flowers
- In flower
- May, August to December (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Hadi Karimi, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samsule2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samsule2, 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.