Christ’s Thorn Jujube

Holy Thistle

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Common name: Christ’s Thorn Jujube
Hebrew name: שיזף מצוי
Latin Name: Ziziphus spina-christi
Habitat: Heavy Soils
Petals: 5
Distribution: Golan, Gallilee, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Gilboa, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Ein Gedi, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Aravah Valley.
Flowering: March-October
Family: Rhamnaceae
Type: Open Woodland
Protected: No
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