Rhamnaceae
Indian jujube
Ziziphus mauritiana
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ziziphus
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Common names
By language (42)
- Amharic
- ቁርቁራ
- Arabic
- سدر هندي
- arz
- سدر هندى
- Bambara
- Ntɔmɔlɔn
- ban
- Bekul
- Bangla
- কুল, বদরি, বরই
- bjn
- Bidara
- Burmese
- ဆီးပင်, ဇီးပင်
- Cantonese
- 臺灣青棗
- Catalan
- Ginjoler
- Chinese
- 印度棗, 滇刺枣, 滇刺棗, 滇刺枣（滇酸枣）, 理枣皮, 缅枣, 菰, 酸枣
- dag
- Nagtipcheriga
- English
- Indian jujube, Zizyphus mauritiana
- ff
- Jaabi
- Finnish
- Intianjujuba
- German
- Indische Jujube
- gor
- Bidaran
- Hebrew
- שיזף הודי
- Hindi
- बेर
- Indonesian
- Bidara, Bukol, Widara, Widoro bukol
- Italian
- Zizyphus mauritiana
- Japanese
- インドナツメ, インド梅
- lah
- بیری
- mad
- Bukkol
- Malay
- Pokok Bidara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Indiajujube
- Persian
- سدر هندی
- Polish
- Głożyna omszona
- Punjabi
- ਬੇਰੀ
- Russian
- Зизифус мавританский
- Sanskrit
- बदरीफलम्
- sat
- ᱡᱟᱹᱱᱩᱢ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၶေႃ
- Somali
- Gob
- Spanish
- Ponsigué, Ciruela india, Jojoba india, Ponsigue, Zizyphus mauritiana
- Sundanese
- Widara
- Tajik
- Celon, Челон
- Tamil
- எளந்தை
- Telugu
- పెద్దరేగు
- Thai
- พุทราอินเดีย, Ber, เบอร์
- Ukrainian
- Зизифус мавританський
- Vietnamese
- Táo ta, Zizyphus mauritiana
Synonyms
- Paliurus mairei H.Lév.
- Rhamnus jujuba L.
- Sarcomphalus mauritianus Raf.
- Ziziphus muratiana Maire
- Ziziphus orthacantha DC.
- Ziziphus rotundata DC.
- Ziziphus tomentosa Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- July, September to May (from 42 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: tlaloc27, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clémenceau Lauret, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: elawrey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: elawrey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.