Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rhamnaceae | Genus: Ziziphus | Species: Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.( कठबेर ) |
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| Synonym | Rhamnus xylopyrus Retz. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Katber | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Woody-fruited jujube | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Katber | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 1200m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose, woolly; seeds 3. |
| Habitat | Common in foot hills, scrub jungle. | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka and India. | Bark Details | Bark thin, brownish-grey, exfoliating in small scales; |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, up to 12 m tall, bark thin, brownish-grey, exfoliating in small scales; branchlets tomentose, sparsely armed. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole tomentose, slender; lamina ovate-oblong or suborbicular, base rounded. Flowers bisexual, in axillary cymes, greenish-yellow, pubescent; calyx 5 lobed, corolla with 5 petal, spathulate; disc 5 lobed; stamens 5, filaments subulate; ovary 3-celled, ovules solitary; styles 3; stigma trifid. Fruit a drupe, globose, woolly; seeds 3. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole tomentose, slender; lamina ovate-oblong or suborbicular, base rounded. |
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