Mehri Dinarvand - Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Khuzestan province, Ahwaz, P. O. Box. ۶۱۳۳۵-۳۳۴۱, Iran
Fatemeh Zarinkamar - Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, P. O. Box: ۱۴۱۱۵-۱۷۵ I. R. Iran.

Anatomy-taxonomy of Ziziphus species in Iran were studied under light microscope. The different anatomical characters on Ziziphus spina-christi, Z. nummularia, Z. jujuba indicated the adaptation of this species to various ecological conditions.

Foliar anatomy, stem, Ziziphus, Iran