Dwarf Buffalothorn

Ziziphus zeyheriana

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Sun
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Shrub Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Athol Ferguson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Athol Ferguson source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) fayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fayne source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source