Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Ziziphus jujuba
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
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 (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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 (6/30/18):
Ziziphus jujuba
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ziziphus zizyphus
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Zizyphus zizyphus
4322
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in disturbed areas. It has been cultivated at least as far north as NC, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Dry
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins finely toothed
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to yellowish-green
Bisexual
5 petals
FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!