Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ziziphus jujuba
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Chinese Jujube at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ziziphus zizyphus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ziziphus jujuba
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ziziphus jujuba
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizyphus zizyphus
COMMON NAME:
Chinese Jujube, Common Jujube, Chinese Date
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_ziju_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ziziphus jujuba
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ziziphus zizyphus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ziziphus jujuba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ziziphus jujuba
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizyphus zizyphus
4322
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins finely toothed
FLOWER:
Spring
White to yellowish-green
5 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe
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