Ziziphus oenopolia SEEDS

Ziziphus oenopolia seeds grow into a scrambling shrub or small tree native to the seasonally dry tropical biome from southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi) through the Indian subcontinent (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Assam, Sri Lanka) and the whole breadth of South-East Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea) south to northern Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland) a much wider range than ‘southern Asia’ alone implies. The epithet oenopolia derives from the Greek for ‘wine seller’, possibly referring to the fermented use of the small, dark berries. This scrambling or climbing Rhamnaceae shrub or small tree develops thorny, arching stems and produces small edible berries with documented medicinal uses across South and South-East Asia for fever, dysentery and skin conditions. Family Rhamnaceae.

Full sun to partial shade; adaptable to dry, well-drained tropical and subtropical soils; scrambling habit.

• Scrambling or climbing habit with thorny arching stems; small dark edible berries
• China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) to Tropical Asia and N. Australia wider than ‘southern Asia’ alone
• ‘Oenopolia’ = wine seller (Greek); berries used medicinally across the range
• Medicinal uses for fever, dysentery and skin conditions documented across South and SE Asia
• Full sun to partial shade; dry tropical soils; scrambling habit; Family Rhamnaceae

Ziziphus oenopolia is a wide-ranging scrambling Rhamnaceae from the tropical zone of Asia and northern Australia a thorny, medicinal and ecologically important shrub whose distribution from southern China to Queensland makes it one of the most geographically extensive Ziziphus species in the Asian-Pacific region.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.