The ethnobotany of Christ's Thorn Jujube (<it>Ziziphus spina-christi</it>) in Israel

<p>Abstract</p> <p>This article surveys the ethnobotany of <it>Ziziphus spina-christi </it>(L.) Desf. in the Middle East from various aspects: historical, religious, philological, literary, linguistic, as well as pharmacological, among Muslims, Jews, and Christians. It...

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Main Authors: Levy Shay, Dafni Amots, Lev Efraim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-09-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/1/1/8