Ziziphus abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.

abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Shrub or small tree, armed with distinct opposite pairs of hooked and near-straight spines. Leaves ovate, tomentose beneath, markedly asymmetric at the base, 3-5-veined from the base, the veins impressed above; margin finely toothed. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, yellowish. Fruit a spherical drupe c. 3 cm, shiny red or reddish-brown when ripe, edible.

Tarucus sybaris sybaris (Dotted blue)

From Senegal to Ethiopia, southwards to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.