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Ziziphus jujuba

Mill.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rhamnaceae » Ziziphus jujuba
Common name (English)
Jujube
Common name (Greek)
Κουμαρκά, Κουνναπκιά
Global distribution

Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia (I), N-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia), East Aegaean Isl., Cyprus (S-Cyprus, E-Cyprus (I)), Iran (E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, S-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan (I)), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, NE-Iraq (I)), Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (NW-Syria), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Bamyan Herat, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Parwan), India (Himachal Pradesh), Jammu & Kashmir, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Kurram, Dir, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Rawalpindi), Philippines (I), Maldives, Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Sal Isl. (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Maio (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I), Fogo Isl. (I), Ilha Brava (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Comoros (I), Seychelles (I), Japan (I), Taiwan (I), China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Georgia [Caucasus], Kazakhstan (I), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, France (I), Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), former Yugoslavia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Macedonia (I), Albania (I), Bulgaria (I), Greece (I), Romania (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Libya (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Queensland (I)), Fiji (I), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Panama (I), Belize (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Cuba (I), Jamaica (I), Guyana (I), Surinam (I), French Guiana (I), Nicaragua (I), Mexico (I), Colombia (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Texas (I), Utah (I)) 146174 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: This name is not used in Meikle, though it is a synonym for Z. zizyphus which is recorded for hedgerows and in orchards close to habitation, cultivated in Cyprus - noted near Limassol in Division 3. See also note for Paliurus.

First detection year
1862
References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2004) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus IV. Willdenowia 34(2): 427-456. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.34.34210

Hadjikyriakou G (2009) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 12 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 12]. Dasoponos 38: 7-10.

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