- Family : RHAMNACEAE
(Buckthorn Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BER FAMILY (बेर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : RHAMNACEAE
- Synonym(s) : Rhamnus oenoplia L. (Z. oenopolia L. spl. vari.)
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill.
- Common name : Jackal Jujube, Indian Plum
- Vernacular name : Makkaya, Makai, Makoh (Hindi); Chee mullu, Choori mullu (Kannada); Chooraimullu, Kottei, Shingai (Tamil); Paranu, Pariki, Paraki, Banka, Paragi, Banka parike (Telugu); Kantakoli, Kantaikoli, Burukoli, Kanakoli, Tinkoli (Oria); Karkandhu (Sanskrit); Bor (Marathi); Cheriyalantha, Cheruthudali, Churimullu, Kothavalli, Kottaipazham, Mulli, Thodalli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Common on plains, along roadsides and hills up to 1200m. Fruits are edible.
- Key identification features : Stems form blackish galls.
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana : Khammam district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : All districts
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- World Distribution : Hotter parts of India, Tropical Asia, Australia.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ziziphus oenoplia. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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