Botanical Name – Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.

Common Name - Indian Jujube, Ber

Classification:-

• Kingdom - Plantae 

• Division - Magnoliophyta

• Class -     Magnoliopsida

• Order -  Rosales

• Family -  Rhamnaceae

• Genus -  Ziziphus

• Species - mauritiana

Characteristics Of Euphorbiaceae Family-

Plant trees, shrubs or climbers, climbing by hooks or tendrils; leaves single, stipulate, stipules often spiny, cymose in florescences; flowers hermaphrodite, perigynous; sepals 4-5 free; petals 4-5, free; stamens opposite the concave petals; a well developed intrastaminal disc present; carpels 2-4, 2-4 locular with one basal ovule in each locule, fruit drupe or capsule seeds hard.

Habitat:- tropical and subtropical woodland, savannah, coastal plains, pasture land, roadsides, riparian habitats and former farmland.

Distribution:- widely distributed through the arid and semi-arid regions of the Mediterranean, Australia, West Indies, Eastern and Sahelian Africa, the Middle East and the USA

Status:- Least concern

Plant description:- 

Ziziphus mauritiana is a spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 15 m high, with trunk 40 cm or more in diameter; spreading crown; stipular spines and many drooping branches. The fruit is of variable shape and size.

USES- 

• Liver disease, Muscular conditions, Ulcer, Dry skin, Wounds, Diarrhea etc.

• The fruit is eaten raw, pickled or used in beverages. It is quite nutritious and rich in vitamin C.

• It contains 20 to 30% sugar, up to 2.5% protein and 12.8% carbohydrates.

• Fruits are also eaten in other forms, such as dried, candied, pickled, as juice, or as ber butter.