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  2. Ziziphus spina-christi - Wikipedia

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    Ziziphus spina-christi, known as the Christ's thorn jujube, is an evergreen tree or plant native to the Levant, East Africa, and Mesopotamia. [3] Fruit and leaves from the tree were used in preparing ancient Egyptian foods, in cultural practices, and in skincare routines - especially with qasil powder derived from the Ziziphus spina-christi tree leaves.

  3. Aravalli West Thorn Scrub Forests - Wikipedia

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    The thorn scrub forests are thought to be tropical dry forests that have been degraded through intensive agriculture and grazing into stunted and open thorn scrub, dominated by trees such as Senegalia senegal and Acacia leucophloea, as well as Prosopis cineraria, Capparis zeylanica, Ziziphus spina-christi, Olea europaea, Balanites aegyptiaca, Cupressus sempervirens, Vachellia tortilis, Phoenix ...

  4. Crown of thorns - Wikipedia

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    With regard to the origin and character of the thorns, both tradition and existing remains suggest that they must have come from the bush botanically known as Ziziphus spina-christi, more popularly, the jujube tree. This reaches the height of fifteen or twenty feet and is found growing in abundance by the wayside around Jerusalem.

  5. Paliurus spina-christi - Wikipedia

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    Ziziphus spina-christi (Mill.) Georgi Georgi Paliurus spina-christi , commonly known as Jerusalem thorn , garland thorn , Christ's thorn , or crown of thorns , is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean region , Southwest Asia and Central Asia , from Morocco and Spain east to Iran and Tajikistan .

  6. Kinneret (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Jerusalem Talmud (Megillah 1:1), the name Kinneret is derived from the name of the kinnar trees which grow in its vicinity, explained by lexicographer M. Jastrow to mean the Christ's thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi), [4] and by Moses Margolies to mean cane reeds. [5]

  7. Ziziphus - Wikipedia

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    Ziziphus / ˈ z ɪ z ɪ f ə s / [3] is a genus of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It includes 68 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Eurasia, and Australia and tropical South America. [ 1 ]

  8. Thorns, spines, and prickles - Wikipedia

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    Prickles on a blackberry branch. In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.

  9. Crimean Submediterranean forest complex - Wikipedia

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    Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus) Ziziphus spina-christi; Olea europaea; Balanites aegyptiaca; Cupressus sempervirens; Vachellia tortilis; Phoenix canariensis; Phoenix dactylifera; Salix alba; Juglans regia; Populus alba; Populus nigra; Quercus coccifera; Pinus nigra; Ceratonia siliqua; Arbutus unedo ...