Prickles or spines on trunk or stems

The following is a list of cultivated species which at least some of the time possess this spot-character.

Family	Species	Comment
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae	Pachypodium saundersii
Arecaceae	Borassus aethiopum
Berberidaceae	Berberis darwinii
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea alba
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia cooperi var. cooperi
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia griseola subsp. mashonica
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia griseola subsp. griseola
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia ingens
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia milii
Euphorbiaceae	Ricinus communis var. communis	Spiny in some varieties
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae	Caesalpinia decapetala
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae	Gleditsia triacanthos
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae	Parkinsonia aculeata
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae	Tara spinosa
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia abyssinica
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia amythethophylla
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia farnesiana
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia galpinii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia karroo
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia nigrescens
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia schweinfurthii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia sieberiana var. woodii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia xanthophloea
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Faidherbia albida
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae	Erythrina abyssinica
Lamiaceae	Karomia speciosa
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae	Adansonia digitata
Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae, Helicteroideae & Sterculioideae	Sterculia tragacantha
Moraceae	Maclura africana
Polygalaceae	Securidaca longepedunculata
Rhamnaceae	Ziziphus mauritiana
Rosaceae	Chaenomeles speciosa
Rosaceae	Crataegus pubescens
Rosaceae	Pyracantha angustifolia
Rosaceae	Pyracantha cf. crenulata
Rosaceae	Rosa banksiae
Rosaceae	Rosa sp.
Rosaceae	Rubus niveus
Rubiaceae	Didymosalpinx norae
Rutaceae	Citrus × aurantium
Rutaceae	Citrus × limon
Salicaceae	Dovyalis caffra
Salicaceae	Flacourtia indica
Salicaceae	Oncoba spinosa
Solanaceae	Solanum aculeatissimum

Number of species: 47

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: List of cultivated species with each spot-character: Prickles or spines on trunk or stems.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species-spot-display.php?spot_id=109, retrieved 19 April 2024

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