Jackal Jujube

Scientific name of Jackal Jujube: Ziziphus oenoplia
Name of Jackal Jujube in different languages:-
English: Small-Fruited Jujube, Wild Jujube
Sanskrit: Karkandhu, Laghu badarh
Hindi: Makkay, Makai
Malayalam: Tudali-തുടലി, Cheriya Elanta-ചെറിയഇലന്ത
Tamil: Suraimullu -ஸுரைமுல்ல, Surai ilantai
Plant description:
It is a very spiny shrub, rusty-velvety, with paired thorns, commonly grow as a weed, in abandoned areas, semi-forest areas. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple, ovate-lance shaped, apex acute-acuminate three nerved and many transverse nervous, leaf margin denticulate. The flowers are tiny, green, borne in nearly stalkless cymes in leaf apex. Fruits are berries, globose or ovoid drupes, black, shining.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Heartshaped | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Fruits, root, bark, leaf
Medicinal uses:
Treat hyper-acidity, Infection, stomachache and healing wounds, sore throats, dysentery, and uterus inflammation.
Medicinal properties:
Hepato-protective, Astringent bitter, anthelmintic, digestive and antiseptic
Chemical contents:
Saponins, flavonoids