Ziziphus abyssinica
Ziziphus abyssinica
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant usually of the drier areas of the hot tropics, where it can be found at elevations from 400 - 2,000 metres[1]. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 18 - 28°c, but can tolerate 8 - 45°c[2]. The plant can tolerate some frosts[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 1,800mm, but tolerates 300 - 2,000mm[2]. Requires a sunny position[1]. Succeeds on a wide range of well-drained soils, including limestone[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 7.5, tolerating 5 - 8[2]. Established plants are drought tolerant[2].
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+abyssinica>
Pollinators
Bees
References
- [1]World Agroforesty Centre — http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ ↩︎An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
- [2]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [3]Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania — Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. · Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. · 2002 · ISBN 9966-896-60-0 ↩︎A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
- [4]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/