The Christ’s thorn jujube, Ziziphus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae) is one of the most im- portant indigenous fruit tree species in Sudan. It has multiple food and cultural uses and contributes to income generation, particularly of women. Most fruits are collected in cen- tral and southern Sudan and traded all over the country. Fruits show a high phenotypic diversity with regard to colour, size, and taste, but so far the existing populations have not been characterised.
Publication year
2012
Authors
Wiehle M; Prinz K; Kehlenbeck, K.; Goenster, S.; Mohamed S A; Finkeldey R; Buerkert A; Gebauer, J.
Language
English
Keywords
fruit trees, morphological characterisation, molecular marker, indigenous fruit tree, in situ conservation, agroforestry, aflp, plant domestication, ziziphus spina-christi
Geographic
Sudan
