Lotus / رُبّيض / عناب /

زفيزف / زفيزف لوطسي /

Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Fruits
Preparation
  • Dessert
  • Jam
  • Raw
Blooming period
March to April
Foraging period
July to August
Seed collection period
September to November

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Ziziphus
Family
Rhamnaceae
Wikidata item
Q405596
GBIF Item
Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. (3039418)

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, February 19). Ziziphus lotus. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:12, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ziziphus_lotus&oldid=1072869641
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  3. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+lotus>
  4. Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  5. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
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Citation

Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/685 accessed via barari.org on 6/23/2026.

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