Scientific Name :
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Synonym :
Common Name : Wild Jujube, Wrinkled jujube
Plant Family : Rhamnaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to March
Flower Colour : Greenish yellow
Description : Height: Upto 8 m
Stem: Grey, rough, rigid, armed with stout hooked prickles
Leaves: Ovate, elliptical, mucronate or rounded apex
Flowers: Sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 5
Inflorescence: Axillary cymes
Fruits: Drupe, round, woody, nerved
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : HN, CH, JM, TL
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent to China (SW. & S. Yunnan) and Indo-China.
Uses : It is used in the treatment of skin diseases, mouth ulcers, dropsy, boils, diarrhoea, tachycardia, miscarriage, misconception and hysteria.
