Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.

 
  • Family : RHAMNACEAE
    (Buckthorn Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BER FAMILY (बेर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhamnaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Sarcomphalus mauritianus (Lam.) Raf.; Ziziphus indica Chaz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
  • Common name : Common Jujube, Indian Jujube, Jujube tree, Chinese date
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ber (Hindi)
    • Bugari mara, Bare hannina mara (Kannada)
    • Ilanthai, Yellande (Tamil)
    • Regu, Rengha, Gangareegu, Gongarenu, Regikarakandhavu, Reni (Telugu)
    • Barokoli, Bodokoli, Bodori, Boyer, Barakuli (Oria)
    • Badarah, Kolahi (Sanskrit)
    • Bor (Marathi)
    • Badari, Badaram, Cherumali, Elentha, Jujuba, Ilantha, Kolam, Lanthapazham, Parinthudar, Perimthudal (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, scrub forests, Hill slopes and cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Fruits are edible and the bark is said to be useful in diarrhoea.
  • Key identification features : Trees, up to 10m high with umbrella shaped crown; Leaves obliquely ovate or orbicular; Flowers in short fascicles or cymes, greenish yellow; Drupes globose, orange yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-November
  • Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath; Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 14-08-1979, 17-10-1953
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8966, CJS 683
  • Collection Locality : Savandurga, Bangalore district; Mumbra, Thane district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Jharkhand :
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kangra district, Kinnaur district, Kullu district, Shimla district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Siang, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the world.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • N.P.Singh, 1998 Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol. 1
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 338
    • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 153
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ziziphus mauritiana. Downloaded on 9 February 2025.

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