Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
| Kannada Name : | Bore, Elachi |
| Common Name : | Indian jujube |
| Family Name : | Rhamnaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Ziziphus mauritiana |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | July - October |
| Fruiting Period : | December - March |
| Origin : | Southeast Asia |
Uses
It aids weight gain, improves muscular strength and increases stamina. In Chinese medicine it is prescribed as a tonic to strengthen liver function. The fruits are anodyne, anticancer, antidote, expectorant, pectoral, refrigerant, sedative, stomachic, styptic and tonic.
Description
Evergreen or deciduous trees, up to 10 m high; bark dark grey or nearly black, with deep vertical cracks, reddish and fibrous inside; branchlets, petiole and underside of leaves white buff, tomentose, with stipular spines. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-orbicular or suborbicular, glabrous above, coriaceous, base oblique, subcordate or round, apex round, margin glandular-denticulate or serrate. Inflorescence a cymose axillary fascicle. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow. Fruit a drupe, oblong-globose, yellow or orange when ripe; seeds 1 or 2, compressed.
