Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rhamnaceae | Genus: Ziziphus | Species: Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.( बेर ) |
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| Synonym | Ziziphus jujuba (Linn.) Gaertner, Rhamnus jujube Linn. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Ber, Ajapriya, Badra | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Jujube | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ber | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose to ovoid, up to 6 x 4 cm in cultivation, usually much smaller when wild; skin smooth or rough, glossy, thin but tough, yellowish to reddish or blackish; flesh white, crisp, juicy, subacid to sweet, becoming mealy in fully ripe fruits. Seed a tuberculate and irregularly furrowed stone, containing 1-2 elliptic brown kernels each 6 mm long. |
| Habitat | It is known for its ability to withstand adverse conditions, such as salinity, drought and water logging. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines and Africa, | Bark Details | Young branches rusty – tomentose |
| 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 | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Subdeciduous, spinous trees or shrubs; stem grey brown, young branches densely tomentose. Leaves variable, elliptic, ovate – oblong, 3 – 5 cm long, serrulate, base subcordate, obtuse or acute tip, dark – green, glabrous above; pale – tomentose beneath. Prickles solitary, straight or curved. Flowers in short axillary, subsessile cymes; greenish – yellow, about 4 mm across. Calyx lobes deflexed. Petals 5, with claws. Disc fleshy, 10 lobed. Ovary 2 – celled; styles 2, connate at meddle. Drupes yellow or reddish, globose, fleshy, 8 – 12 mm across. | Leaf Details | Leaves variable, elliptic, ovate – oblong, 3 – 5 cm long, serrulate, base subcordate, obtuse or acute tip, dark – green, glabrous above; pale – tomentose beneath. Prickles solitary, straight or curved. |
