Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Genus:

Ziziphus

Species:

Ziziphus spina-christi var. spina-christi

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Tree , Shrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Northern Africa: Egypt, West Tropical Africa: Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Western Asia: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palest