Paliurus spina - christi
General description:
Shrub up to 3 m
Stipules spinescent
Young twings puberulent
Fruit dry, hemispherical, winged (wide membranous wing round the top), 18- 30 mm in diameter
Flowers 5- merous, hermaphrodite, styles 2- 3
(Tutin et al., 1968)
Distribution:
-AE AE(G) Ag Al Ar Bu Ct ?Cy Ga(F) Gg Gr Hs(S) IJ It LS Rm Si(M S) Sl Sr Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Ag Bl(M) Co He Hu aLi Tn]
(Henning, T. & Raab-Straube, E. von. 2016. Rhamnaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase)
Habitat:
Calcareous- clay soils
From coastal areas up into the hills (to about 500 m a.s.l.)
It grows along the sunny slopes
(Casavecchia et al., 2015)