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Family: Rhamnaceae	Genus: Ziziphus	Species: Ziziphus glaberrima (Sedgwick) Santapau( कठ बेर, काठ बेर )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Ziziphus caracutta Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Katber, Kath Ber	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name		Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Katber	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit a drupe greenish-yellow, dry.
Habitat	Open dry miscellaneous places, scrub forests.	Bark Type	Prickly
Distribution	Sub Himalayan tracts, C. and S. India; Sri Lanka, Myanmar	Bark Details	Bark thin, brownish-grey; prickes usually in pair, one straight, other recurved
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Deciduous shrubs or small trees; branches more or less straggling; young shoots rusty-tomentose; bark thin, brownish-grey; prickesl usually in pair, one straight, other recurved. Leaves broadly ellipitc, obovate, crenate-serrae, base subcordate, pubescent on the nerves above, lower surface pubescent. Flowers about 3 mm across, yellowish-green, in dense axillary pubescent cymes. Disc thin, 5- angled. Ovary usually 3-celled; styles 3, almost free. Fruit a drupe greenish-yellow, dry.	Leaf Details	Leaves broadly ellipitc, obovate, crenate-serrae, base subcordate, pubescent on the nerves above, lower surface pubescent

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