dabi fauru (Aub.; K&A) dabi foru (K&A) dabi gulbey (K&A) gulumavi (JLT (SENEGAL, TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
a-nginginô (after K&A) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
buffalo thorn; Cape Thorn., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ga-ngέngὲ (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
jujubier glabre (Roberty): jujubier de la hyène (‘hyena’s jujube’, Berhaut); jujubier toxique (‘poisonous jujube’, Roberty), jujubier á griffes, (Bailleul)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
dabi fauru = jujube of the hyena (auctt.) dabi foru (K&A) dabi gulbey (JMD) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for ZIZIPHUS mucronata Willd. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ZIZIPHUS mucronataWilld. [family RHAMNACEAE], (1809). Fig. 102 A.
Information
Shrub or tree up to 10 m or more tall, usually ± spiny but sometimes unarmed; bark dark grey, fissured; branchlets reddish to brownish. Leaves glabrous or puberulous on petiole and midrib; petiole 2–13 mm long; blade ovate, 2–9 x 1.5–6 cm, serrulate or crenulate, usually acute to acuminate at the apex, often asymmetrical at the base. Flowers glabrous, yellowish-green, in few- to many-flowered cymes. Sepals 1.5–2 mm long. Petals 1–1.5 mm long. Drupe 10–15 mm in diam., reddish.
Range
N1–3; C2; S1–3 widespread in drier parts of tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, and in Arabia.
Gob, gub, xamur (Som.). The Somali plants belong to subsp. mucronata. Subsp. rhodesica R. B. Drummond, with brownish-tomentose leaf-blades, occurs from Zambia and southwards.
