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[[Image:Simmondsia_chinensis_male_flower.jpg|left|thumb|Close-up of male jojoba flowers.]] '''Jojoba''' (''Simmondsia chinensis''), pronounced "hō-'''hō''''-bə", is a [[shrub]] native to the [[Sonoran]] and [[Mojave Desert|Mojave]] [[desert]]s of [[Arizona]], [[California]], and [[Mexico]]. It is the sole species of the family [[Simmondsiaceae]], placed in the order Caryophyllales. It is also known as goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush.<ref name="desertmuseum">{{cite book | last = Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus (eds.) | title = A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert | publisher = University of California Press | date = 2000 | pages = 256–257 | isbn = 0-520-21980-5 }}</ref> Jojoba is grown commercially for its [[jojoba oil|oil]], a liquid [[wax|wax ester]], expressed from the [[seed]]. The plant has also been used to combat and prevent desertification in the [[Thar Desert]] in India.<ref name="Combating Desertification - Wikipedia">{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification#Countering_desertification|title=Countering Desertification|publisher=Wikipedia|language=English|accessdate=2009-06-26}}</ref> Jojoba grows to {{convert|1|–|2|m|ft}} tall, with a broad, dense crown. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, oval in shape, {{convert|2|–|4|cm|in}} long and {{convert|1.5|–|3|cm|in}} broad, thick waxy glaucous gray-green in color. The [[flower]]s are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals. Each plant is [[plant sexuality|single-sex]], either male or female, with [[hermaphrodites]] being extremely rare. The [[fruit]] is an acorn-shaped ovoid, three-angled [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] {{convert|1|–|2|cm|in}} long, partly enclosed at the base by the sepals. The mature seed is a hard oval, dark brown in color and contains an oil (liquid wax) content of approximately 54%. An average-size bush produces {{convert|1|kg|lb}} of [[pollen]], to which few humans are allergic.<ref name="desertmuseum"/> {{Inc| Simmondsia (for the naturalist, F. W. Simmonds). Buxaceae. Evergreen shrubs, sometimes cult. for ornament or for the oily seed and edible fr.: lvs. opposite: fls. dioecious, in the lf .-axils, apetalous; sepals imbricate; staminate fls. in clusters; stamens numerous; pistillate fls. single; ovary 3-celled, 1 ovule in each cell. A single species. Related to Buxus. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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