Species Ziziphus mauritiana
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There aren’t any identifications of Ziziphus mauritiana.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Ziziphus:
Arabic zizouf = the name for the lotus or ‘jujube tree’, Z. lotus (syn. Z. jujuba). The tree has dark red edible fruits, from which the Victorian sweet ‘jujube’ originated (Jackson).
Etymology of mauritiana:
From the Latin Mauritanica / Mauritania the country in northwest Africa which is now Algeria and Morocco, and from where the 'moors' came from
Scientific name:
Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
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Long etymology:
Protologue:
Encycl. (Lamarck) 3(1): 319 (1789)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1789
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ziziphus mauritiana.
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