Ziziphus rugosaLam.

WFO wfo-0001130885 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. a Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-26 / obs. 181183115
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64399710
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 119094669
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 119072542
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118917532
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 60657499
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141384231
Ziziphus rugosa, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 67246881

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Ziziphus rugosa is native: China South-Central, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralHainanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Ziziphus rugosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rhamnus glabrata B.Heyne
  • Ziziphus glabra Roxb.
  • Ziziphus latifolia Roxb.
  • Ziziphus obliqua B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Ziziphus paniculata Roth
  • Ziziphus roxburghiana Voigt
  • Ziziphus rugosa var. glabra Bhandari & Bhansali

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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