Christ's-thorn / سدر / نبق /

الربيض / دوم /

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Delicious

Edible part

Fruits

Preparation

Cooked
Dried
Raw

Blooming period

March to October

Foraging period

June to July

Seed collection period

October to December

Potential medicinal uses

Amphoteric
Tonic
Vulnerary
Diuretic

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Green
Yellow

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Tree

Scientifc data

Genus

Ziziphus

Family

Rhamnaceae

Wikidata item

Q2920458

GBIF Item

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. (8228089)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+spina-christi>
Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. in Döring M (2022). English Wikipedia - Species Pages. Wikimedia Foundation. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/c3kkgh accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22. (English)
عراف، شكري. النباتات في الكتاب المقدس. عكا: مركز الدراسات القروية، 2009.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/686 accessed via barari.org on 4/7/2026.