Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Rhamnaceae
Synonym
Rhamnus xylopyrus Retz.
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, bark brownish-grey, exfoliating in small scales; branchlets tomentose, sparsely armed. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole 5-12 mm, lamina 5-8 x 3-5 cm, ovate-oblong or suborbicular, base rounded; apex obtuse, apiculate, margin serrulate, glabrous above, flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, fruit a drupe, 1.5-2.5 cm across, globose, woolly; seeds 3.