M. Thulin (1999) Ziziphus. Flora of Somalia 2:154-157

Plants shrubs or trees up to 10 m or more tall, usually more or less spiny but sometimes unarmed; bark dark grey, fissured; branchlets reddish to browhish. Leaves: petioles 2-13 mm long, glabrous or puberulous; blades ovate, 2-9 cm long, 1.5-6 cm wide, bases often asymmetrical, margins serrulate or crenulate, tips usually acute to acuminate. Inflorescences of few- to many-flowered cymes. Flowers glabrous, yellowish green; sepals 1.5-2 mm long; petals 1-1.5 mm long. Drupes 10-15 mm in diameter, reddish at maturity.

Ziziphus mucronata grows in woodlands and bushlands, often along rivers or wadis, at 1300-1400 m. It is native to tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. It was reported from from regions N1-3, C2 and S1-3 of the Flora of Somalia and from Djibouti.

The plants from Somaliland and Somalia belong to Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata. Ziziphus mucronata subsp. rhodesica has brownish hairs on its leaf blades and grows from Zambia southward. 

Waa geed ama geed-gaab. Caleemihiisu labada dhanba waa isku midab, labada dhan midna kuma laha timo/xaad, marka laga reebo xididka dhex mara caleenta. Caleentiisu waa mid af-yuuban. Midhuhu waa kuwo hilboon oo dhexroor ahaan ah 10 -15 mm, oo marka ay bislaadaan casaada.

Geedkani waxa uu ka baxaa kaymaha iyo goobaha dhirta dhuuxa adag, agagaarka biyo mareennada iyo sidoo kale marinnada waraabka.

Plants shrubs or trees. Leaves with both surfaces of appearing similarly colored, with no hairs on either surface or with small hairs on the midveins; leaf tips acute to acuminate. Fruits  fleshy, 10-15 mm in diameter, reddish when mature. 

Ziziphus mucronata grows in woodland and bushland, often along streams and wadis and probably also along irrigation channels. 

Plants of the World Online (POWO): Ziziphus mucronata. The distribution map shows the countries where the taxon is considered native or introduced but is now growing in the wild. 

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF):  Ziziphus mucronata. Records may be of cultivated specimens.