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Paliurus spina-christi

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID644000af515ff036735134
Scientific name Paliurus spina-christi
Authority Mill.
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : s.p. (1768)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Plants are sold as ornamentals for hedging and living fencing; plants and scions are used as rootstock for Pistacia vera (pistachio) cultivation.

Industrial and craft applications:
Dried stems are used as fuel and for basic craftwork (e.g., walking sticks); plantation-grown wood is employed for small turning items and tool handles. The thorny, dense growth makes it suitable for living fences, windbreaks, and erosion control on degraded sites.

Wood and fiber:
The heartwood is dense and hard; it is air-dried and worked for small objects and handles. Stems yield basic craft materials.

Sustainability and sourcing:
In parts of its native range (Mediterranean and W. Asia) the species is common in semi-arid shrublands and can be used in restoration plantings; local policies generally manage wild collection and cultivation.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Ziziphus paliurus Willd. Berlin. Baumz. : 415 (1796)
Ziziphus spina-christi Georgi Beschr. Russ. Reich. Ill. iv. 795.
Rhamnus paliurus L. Sp. Pl. : 194 (1753)
Rhamnus horrida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 139 (1796)
Rhamnus australis Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 241 (1805)
Paliurus aculeatus Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 347 (1819)
Paliurus australis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. 23. t. 43.
Paliurus trinervatus Moench Methodus : 74 (1794)
Paliurus solitarius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 169 (1812)
Paliurus clypeiformis Medik. Bot. Beob. 1782 : 327 (1783)
Paliurus paliurus H.Karst. Deut. Fl. (Karsten) 870. 1882 [Sep 1882]
Paliurus vulgaris Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 249 (1841)
Paliurus petasus Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. , ed. 2, 6: 266 (1811)
Paliurus incurvus Wall. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 854 (1825)
Paliurus microcarpus Wilmott J. Bot. 56: 145 (1918)
Ziziphus spina-christi var. microphylla Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 136 1847

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English jeruselem thorn
ab Акалырқәыц
Arabic شبهان شوك المسيح
Arabic نبق
Azerbaijani tikanlı qaratikan
Bulgarian обикновена драка
Catalan espinavessa
Czech trnovec kristův
German christusdorn
Esperanto kristodorno
Persian سیاهتلو
Hebrew שמיר קוצני
Croatian drača
Hungarian krisztustövis
Armenian Ցաքի փշոտ
Italian marruca
Japanese セイヨウハマナツメ
Macedonian Драч (билка)
Dutch echte christusdoorn
os Сындзкъутæр
Polish espinavessa
Romanian spinul lui cristos
Russian Держи-дерево
Russian Держидерево
Russian Держидерево тернии Христа
Serbo-Croatian drača
Serbian Драча
Turkish karaçalı
Turkish kara çalı
Ukrainian Держидерево звичайне
Chinese 濱棗
Chinese 滨枣

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym
    • Middle Europe
      • Hungary
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000471780
USDA Plants PASP16
Tropicos 27500015
INPN 112061
Flora of Italy 3061
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717707-1
The Plant List kew-2544155
PFAF Paliurus spina-christi
Open Tree Of Life 662876
NCBI Taxonomy 106693
Nature Serve 2.142739
IPNI 717707-1
iNaturalist 129282
GBIF 5372457
Freebase /m/026z853
EPPO PLSSC
EOL 483094
Elurikkus 529613
USDA GRIN 26367
Wikipedia Paliurus_spina-christi
Plantarium 26681

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Edible Herbal Medicines as an Alternative to Common Medication for Sleep Disorders: A Review Article Hosseini A, Mobasheri L, Rakhshandeh H, Rahimi VB, Najafi Z, Askari VR Curr Neuropharmacol 22-Jun-2024
PMCID:PMC10964091
doi:10.2174/1570159X21666230621143944
PMID:37345244
A multi-center cross-sectional study of Chinese Herbal Medicine-Drug adverse reactions using active surveillance in Singapore’s Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics Ng CY, Zhao Y, Wang N, Chia KL, Teo CH, Peh W, Yeo P, Zhong LL Chin Med 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918936
doi:10.1186/s13020-024-00915-z
PMID:38454483
Antimicrobial Potential of Different Isolates of Chaetomium globosum Combined with Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Chemical Profiling Goda MS, El-Kattan N, Abdel-Azeem MA, Allam KA, Badr JM, Nassar NA, Almalki AJ, Alharbi M, Elhady SS, Eltamany EE Biomolecules 21-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10742071
doi:10.3390/biom13121683
PMID:38136556
Metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses for characterizing the alkaloid metabolism of Chinese jujube and sour jujube fruits Xue X, Zhao A, Wang Y, Ren H, Su W, Li Y, Shi M, Liu L, Li D Front Plant Sci 18-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10544937
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1267758
PMID:37790781
Genotyping of Jujube (Ziziphus spp.) Germplasm in New Mexico and Southwestern Texas Sapkota D, Zhang D, Park S, Meinhardt LW, Yao S Plants (Basel) 21-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10346288
doi:10.3390/plants12132405
PMID:37446967
Jujube Fruit Metabolomic Profiles Reveal Cultivar Differences and Function as Cultivar Fingerprints Yao S, Sapkota D, Hungerford JA, Kersten RD Plants (Basel) 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10301335
doi:10.3390/plants12122313
PMID:37375938
Meta-analysis of the impact of future climate change on the area of woody plant habitats in China Tian P, Liu Y, Ou J Front Plant Sci 15-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10050603
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1139739
PMID:37008491
A Combination of Rosa Multiflora and Zizyphus Jujuba Enhance Sleep Quality in Anesthesia-Induced Mice Eom S, Lee S, Lee J, Sohn SO, Lee JH, Park J Int J Mol Sci 16-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9696267
doi:10.3390/ijms232214177
PMID:36430653
Predicting potential distribution of Ziziphus spinosa (Bunge) H.H. Hu ex F.H. Chen in China under climate change scenarios Zhao Q, Mi Z, Lu C, Zhang X, Chen L, Wang S, Niu J, Wang Z Ecol Evol 17-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8855015
doi:10.1002/ece3.8629
PMID:35222979
Role of medicinal plants in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 and in the management of post-COVID-19 complications Mukherjee PK, Efferth T, Das B, Kar A, Ghosh S, Singha S, Debnath P, Sharma N, Bhardwaj PK, Haldar PK Phytomedicine 05-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8730822
doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2022.153930
PMID:35114450
Genus Ziziphus for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases Alsayari A, Wahab S Saudi J Biol Sci 30-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8626254
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.076
PMID:34866990
From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Treatment of mental disorders in COVID-19 survivors Ma K, Wang X, Feng S, Xia X, Zhang H, Rahaman A, Dong Z, Lu Y, Li X, Zhou X, Zhao H, Wang Y, Wang S, Baloch Z Biomed Pharmacother 30-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7524684
doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110810
PMID:33053508
Structure-Dependent Activity of Natural GABA(A) Receptor Modulators Çiçek SS Molecules 22-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6100244
doi:10.3390/molecules23071512
PMID:29932138
Concurrent administration of anticancer chemotherapy drug and herbal medicine on the perspective of pharmacokinetics Cheng YY, Hsieh CH, Tsai TH J Food Drug Anal 03-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC9326883
doi:10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.003
PMID:29703390
Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Activities of the Medicinal Plant Ziziphus obtusifolia Molina-Romo ED, Garibay-Escobar A, Valenzuela-Antelo O, Ruiz-Bustos E, Martínez JH, Vélazquez C, Rascón-Valenzuela LA, Robles-Zepeda RE Pharmacognosy Res 01-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5855374
doi:10.4103/pr.pr_38_17
PMID:29568188

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Oligopeptides
(2S,3S)-2-(dimethylamino)-3-methyl-N-[(3R,4S,7S,10E)-7-(2-methylpropyl)-5,8-dioxo-3-propan-2-yl-2-oxa-6,9-diazabicyclo[10.2.2]hexadeca-1(14),10,12,15-tetraen-4-yl]pentanamide 101967141 Click to see 500.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1097664
(2S)-2-(dimethylamino)-N-[(3R,4S,7S,10E)-7-(2-methylpropyl)-5,8-dioxo-3-propan-2-yl-2-oxa-6,9-diazabicyclo[10.2.2]hexadeca-1(14),10,12,15-tetraen-4-yl]-3-phenylpropanamide 101921947 Click to see CC(C)CC1C(=O)NC=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)OC(C(C(=O)N1)NC(=O)C(CC3=CC=CC=C3)N(C)C)C(C)C 534.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1097664
N-[1-[(13E)-10-benzyl-8,11-dioxo-2-oxa-6,9,12-triazatricyclo[13.2.2.03,7]nonadeca-1(17),13,15,18-tetraen-6-yl]-3-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]-2-(dimethylamino)-4-methylpentanamide 12306073 Click to see 631.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1097664
N-[1-[(13E)-10-butan-2-yl-8,11-dioxo-2-oxa-6,9,12-triazatricyclo[13.2.2.03,7]nonadeca-1(17),13,15,18-tetraen-6-yl]-3-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl]-2-(dimethylamino)-3-phenylpropanamide 12306074 Click to see 631.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1097664
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 51402807 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00180-9
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Oxan-2-Yl)Oxychromen-4-One 5378597 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276
Hyperoside 5281643 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00180-9
Vitamin P 5293655 Click to see 610.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599276

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