Buffalo-thorn

Ziziphus mucronata

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
• Treelist Melville Koppies
• 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 mammals Supports bees Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Supports butterflies Supports bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Sun Tree Soil: clay 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) graham_g, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Ben VanderWeide, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ben VanderWeide source
• (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
• (c) Dave U, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Dave U source
• (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
• (c) Enrico Castello, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Enrico Castello source
• (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
• (c) Stephen Cousins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Cousins source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matthew Fainman source