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Family: Rhamnaceae	Genus: Ziziphus	Species: Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) Wight & Arn.( झरबेरी )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Rhamnus nummularia Burm.f., Ziziphus rotundifolia Lam.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Wild Jujuba, Jharberi	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Wild Jujuba	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Jharberi	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Upto 1000m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Drupes globose, about 8 mm across, shining red or black when ripe.
Habitat	Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Throughout warmer parts of India; Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia.	Bark Details	Bark is brown , ash, purplish or maroon coloured.Thonry, straggling, tomentose shrubs; branches zigzag, flexuose, armed with twin stipular prickles; one straight, slender, other shorter, bent down.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Thonry, straggling, tomentose shrubs; branches zigzag, flexuose, armed with twin stipular prickles; one straight, slender, other shorter, bent down. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate to orbicular, 1.8-2.4 cm long, serrate, dark-green above, pale-green tomentose beneath. Flowers in axillary, sessile, short compact cymes; pedicels longer than peduncles. Petals obovate, with convolute margins. Disc 10-lobed, with a pit opposite each lobe. Ovary two celled; styles 2, united to above the middle. Drupes globose, about 8 mm across, shining red or black when ripe.	Leaf Details	Leaves shortly petioled, ovate to orbicular, 1.8-2.4 cm long, serrate, dark-green above, pale-green tomentose beneath.

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