Rhamnaceae
Chinese dates
Ziziphus jujuba
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ziziphus
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
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Common names
By language (78)
- Albanian
- Xinxifja
- Arabic
- عناب, سدر جبلي, زيزف جوجوبا, نبق
- Armenian
- Ունաբ սովորական
- arz
- العناب
- Assamese
- বগৰী
- Azerbaijani
- Əsl innab
- Basque
- Jujubondo
- Belarusian
- Ююба
- bo
- འབྲ་གོ་དམར་པོ།
- Bulgarian
- Хинап
- Burmese
- ဆီးပင်
- Cantonese
- 紅棗
- Catalan
- Ginjoler
- cdo
- Cō̤
- Chinese
- 枣树, 棗樹, 大枣, 枣, 枣叶, 枣树根, 枣树皮, 枣核
- Croatian
- Žižula
- Czech
- Cicimek čínský, Cicimek datlový
- dag
- Zuŋguli kukua
- Danish
- Almindelig jujube
- Divehi
- ކުންނާރު
- Dutch
- Chinese jujube
- English
- Chinese dates, Common jujuba, Jujube, Chinese jujube
- Esperanto
- Jujubarbo
- Estonian
- Harilik kreektürn
- Finnish
- Kiinanjujuba, Jujuba
- French
- Jujubier commun
- Galician
- Azofeifeira
- German
- Chinesische Jujube
- Greek
- Τζιτζιφιά
- Gujarati
- બોર
- Hebrew
- שיזף סיני
- Hungarian
- Jujuba, Kínai datolya
- Indonesian
- Angco, Apel India, Bidara, Bidara cina, Futsa, Jujube, Putsa
- io
- Jujubo
- Irish
- Sisiúb
- Italian
- Giuggiolo
- Japanese
- ナツメ, 棗
- Kannada
- ಎಲಚಿ
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі шилен
- Korean
- 대추나무, 대추
- kv
- Унаби
- Latvian
- Zizifs
- lij
- Zizoa
- lzh
- 棗
- Malagasy
- Mokonazy
- Malay
- Jujube
- Malayalam
- ഇലന്ത
- Marathi
- बोर
- mnc
- ᠰᠣᡵᠣ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinajujube
- Occitan
- Ginjorlièr
- Odia
- ବର କୋଳି
- Pashto
- مرخڼی
- Persian
- عناب
- Polish
- Głożyna pospolita
- Portuguese
- Jujuba
- Russian
- Зизифус настоящий, Китайский финик, Унаби обыкновенная, Ююба китайская
- sat
- ᱡᱟᱹᱱᱩᱢ
- scn
- Nzìnzula
- sco
- Jujube
- Serbian
- Jујуба
- Serbian (Latin)
- Žižula
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၶေႃ, မၢၵ်ႇတၼ်း, မၢၵ်ႇၶေႃ
- Sindhi
- عناب
- Slovak
- Jujuba holá
- Slovenian
- Navadni čičimak, Čičimak, Žižola
- Spanish
- Azufaifa, Azufaifo, Jinjolero
- Sundanese
- Bidara
- Swedish
- Jujubär
- Tajik
- Челон
- Tamil
- இலந்தை
- Thai
- พุทราจีน
- Turkish
- Hünnap
- Urdu
- بیری کا درخت
- Uzbek
- Yovvoyi chilonjiyda
- Vietnamese
- Táo tàu
- wuu
- 枣
- za
- Makcaujcij
Synonyms
- Jububa mediterranea Bubani
- Mansana arborea J.F.Gmel.
- Paliurus lucidus Carrière
- Rhamnus lucida Salisb.
- Rhamnus mauritiana P.Willemet
- Rhamnus soporifera Lour.
- Rhamnus vulgaris Pers.
- Rhamnus zizyphus L.
- Ziziphus acidojujuba C.Y.Cheng & M.J.Liu
- Ziziphus acidojujuba f. granulata C.Y.Cheng & M.J.Liu
- Ziziphus acidojujuba f. trachysperma C.Y.Cheng & M.J.Liu
- Ziziphus chinensis Spreng.
- Ziziphus jujuba f. apyrena C.Y.Cheng & M.J.Liu
- Ziziphus jujuba f. carnosicalycis C.Y.Cheng & M.J.Liu
- Ziziphus jujuba var. jujuba
- Ziziphus mauritiana subsp. orthacantha (DC.) A.Chev.
- Ziziphus mauritiana var. deserticola A.Chev.
- Ziziphus mauritiana var. muratiana (Maire) A.Chev.
- Ziziphus mauritiana var. orthacantha (DC.) A.Chev.
- Ziziphus melanogona Bojer
- Ziziphus nitida Roxb.
- Ziziphus officinarum Medik.
- Ziziphus poiretii G.Don
- Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.
- Ziziphus sinensis Lam.
- Ziziphus soporifera (Lour.) Stokes
- Ziziphus sororia Roem. & Schult.
- Ziziphus trinervia Roth
- Ziziphus vulgaris Lam.
- Ziziphus vulgaris var. spinosa Bunge
- Ziziphus zizyphus (L.) H.Karst.
- Zizyphon jujubum (Mill.) St.-Lag.
Photos
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.