Ziziphus
Scientific name of Ziziphus: Ziziphus Jujuba
Name of Ziziphus in different languages:-
English: Ber, Chinese dates
Sanskrit: Jujube
Malayalam: Elantha ഇലന്ത
Plant description:
Jujube or Ber is a thorny and densely branched small tree, growing 3 to 10 m tall, commonly found in waste areas, open woodlands, tropical and sub-tropical regions, young stems have a zigzag manner and bear a curved thorn at the joints, leaves are dark green and glossy in upper surfaces and whitish, hairy in bottom, flowers are greenish-yellow in color, fruits are green to pale yellow, when they are ripe it become orange or reddish.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Ovate | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts: Fruit, seeds, leaf, stem
Medicinal uses:
To treat piles, dysentery, blood cleanness, wounds, hemorrhoids, urinary problems, vaginal diseases.
How to prepare medicines:
Decoction of barks is used wash wounds, Ground young leaves can cure skin disorders.
It is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
learn more:
http://foodfacts.mercola.com/jujubes.html
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