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Wild Jujube
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Wild Jujube
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Common name: Wild Jujube, Wrinkled jujube • Assamese: বন বগৰী Bon Bogori, ধিধাউ বগৰী Dhidhao Bogori • Garo: Dumakpul, Khankhri-Wakbuk, Khongkhanimakbul, Thengkhi-Makbil • Gujarati: તોરણ Toran • Hindi: चूरना Churna • Hruso: Khusuguchchi • Jharua: Bhot-Boguri • Kachari: Tauling-Asi-Kur, Thai-Gangni-Hagra-(gedeba) • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಚೂರಿಮುಳ್ಳು Bili Churimullu, ಬೊಮ್ಮರಲು Bommaralu, ಚೊಟ್ಟೆ Chotte, ಕೊಟ್ಟೆಮುಳ್ಳು Kottemullu • Karbi: Bata-Bakuri-Arong • Konkani: चुरणी Churni, चुन्नां Chunna, तोरण Toran, झुन्नां Zunna • Kuki: Wokner • Malayalam: മലന്തുടലി Malanthudali • Marathi: चुरण Churan, तोरण Toran, तुरण Turan • Mech: Garo-Sal, Sumusram • Nepali: गमराइ Gamaraai, हर्याय बयर Haryaaya Bayar, काँटा बयर Kaantaa Bayar • Odia: ଛୁଳକେଲ Chulkel, ଚୁନକୋଳି Chunkoli, କୋଟାଇ କୋଳି Kotaikoli, ଶିମୁ କୋଳି Simukoli, ଟିଣ କୋଳି Tinkoli • Sanskrit: घोण्टा Ghonta • Santali: ᱥᱮᱠᱨᱟ Sekra • Tamil: தொடரி Totari • Telugu: గొట్టికంప Gottikampa, పిండు పరిఘము Pindu Parighamu • Tulu: ಕೊಟ್ಟೆಮುಳ್ಳು Kottemullu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Ziziphus rugosa    Family: Rhamnaceae (Ber family)
Synonyms: Zizyphus rugosa, Ziziphus glabra
Wild Jujube is a small tree or straggling shrub, armed with stipular spines, solitary or paired with a broad base. Young branches are yellow-velvety. Leaves, 5-12.5x4-6 cm, are broadly elliptic, short-tippes, denticulate, base oblique, wrinkled, petiole 0.8-1.5 cm long, densely velvet-hairy. Inflorescence of pedunculate cymes, densely pubescent, peduncle c.5 mm long. Pedicel, to 4 mm long. Calyx puberulous inside 1.5-2 mm long, with ovate acute lobes. Petals absent. Disc 5-lobed, styles 2, connate below the middle. Fruit c. 5-8 mm in diameter, globose or pyriform, white when ripe. Flowering: December-January.
Identification credit: Ajinkya Gadave Photographed in Maharashtra.
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