Ziziphus xylopyrus - Woody-Fruit Jujube

Woody-Fruit Jujube

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Photo: Prashant Awale

Common name: Woody-Fruit Jujube • Gujarati: ઘાટ બોર Ghat Bor • Haryanvi: कठबेर Kathber • Hindi: घूंट Ghoont, ककोर Kakor, कठ बेर Kath Ber • Kacchhi: ગુટ બેર Gut Ber • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಚೂರಿಮುಳ್ಳು Bili Churimullu, ಚಳ್ಳೆ Challe, ಗೊಟ್ಟೆ Gotte, ಕೊಡಚಿ Kodachi, ಕೊಟ್ಟೆಮುಳ್ಳು Kottemullu, ಪಾರ್ಪುಲಿ ಗಿಡ Paarpuli Gida • Karbi: বুকুৰি আৰং Bukuri Arong • Kol: कर कट्टा Kar Katta • Konkani: ಗಾಳಾಯಿ ಕಾಂಟ್ಯಾ ಝಾಡ Gaalaayi Kaantyaa Jhaad, गूटी Guti, रानबोर Ranbor • Kumaoni: भांडेर Bhander, कठ बेर Kath Ber • Malayalam: കൊട്ടമുള്ള് Kottamullu • Marathi: घाट बोर Ghat Bor, घोंट Ghonta, हाडकी बोर Hadki Bor, रानबोर Ranbor • Nepali: बन बयर Ban Bayar • Odia: ଘୋଣ୍ଟା Ghonta, କଣ୍ଟା ବହୁଳ Kanta Bohul • Rajasthani: घटबोर Ghatbor • Sanskrit: घोण्टा Ghonta • Santali: ᱠᱟᱨᱠᱟᱛ Karkat • Tamil: கொட்டையிலந்தை Kottai-Y-Ilantai, முள்ளுடுப்பை Mullutuppai • Telugu: గొట్టి Gotti, రేగొట్టి Reegotti • Tulu: ಕೊಟ್ಟೆಮುಳ್ಳು Kottemullu Source: Names of Plants in India

Botanical name: Ziziphus xylopyrus Family: Rhamnaceae (Ber family)
Synonyms: Ziziphus glaberrima, Ziziphus caracutta

Kath Ber is a large shrub or small tree, rarely to 8 m tall. Branches are often straggling, branchlets angular and hairy. Alternately arranged leaves, 5.5-8.5 x 3-5 cm, are ovate or elliptic-oblong or rounded, margin crenate-serrate with callus points, tip blunt, base oblique, rounded. Leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. Flowers, 5-6 mm across, are yellowish or yellowish-white, in velvety cymes in leaf axils. Sepals are 5, united, 2.5-3 x 1.5 mm. Petals 5, free, 1-1.5 mm long, spathulate, clawed. Stamens 5, antipetalous, inserted at the periphery of disc. Fruit 1.5-2 cm across, spherical, hard, 2-3-seeded. Flowering: April-June.

Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Nidhan Singh

Photographed in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra & Morni Hills, Haryana.

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