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Zizyphus (from Zizouf, the Arabian name of Z. Lotus). Rhamnaceae. Jujube. Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for their handsome foliage, and some species for their edible fruits.
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees: lvs. alternate, short-petioled, 3-5-nerved from the base, serrate or entire; the stipules mostly transformed into spines, often only one stipule spiny or one a straight and the other a hooked spine: fls. 5-merous; ovary 2-4, usually 2- loculed; style usually 2-parted: fr. a subglobose to oblong drupe.—About 40 species distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres, allied and very similar to Paliurus, but chiefly distinguished by the drupe-like fr. The fr. of Z. sativa, Z. Jujuba, and Z. Lotus are edible, and the first-named is cult. in China.
The jujubes are slender-branched shrubs or small trees with prickly branches, usually 2-ranked, small or medium-sized generally oval or oblong leaves and with small greenish or whitish flowers in axillary cymes followed by drupe-like sometimes edible fruits. They are not much cultivated in this country and none of the species is hardy North; the hardiest seems to be Z. sativa but it is tender north of Washington, D. C. Most kinds have handsome foliage and are well adapted for planting in shrubberies in the southern states and California. They seem to thrive in any well-drained soil. Propagation is by seeds, by greenwood cuttings under glass and by root-cuttings.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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Zizyphus (from Zizouf, the Arabian name of Z. Lotus). Rhamnaceae. Jujube. Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for their handsome foliage, and some species for their edible fruits.
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees: lvs. alternate, short-petioled, 3-5-nerved from the base, serrate or entire; the stipules mostly transformed into spines, often only one stipule spiny or one a straight and the other a hooked spine: fls. 5-merous; ovary 2-4, usually 2- loculed; style usually 2-parted: fr. a subglobose to oblong drupe.—About 40 species distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres, allied and very similar to Paliurus, but chiefly distinguished by the drupe-like fr. The fr. of Z. sativa, Z. Jujuba, and Z. Lotus are edible, and the first-named is cult. in China.
The jujubes are slender-branched shrubs or small trees with prickly branches, usually 2-ranked, small or medium-sized generally oval or oblong leaves and with small greenish or whitish flowers in axillary cymes followed by drupe-like sometimes edible fruits. They are not much cultivated in this country and none of the species is hardy North; the hardiest seems to be Z. sativa but it is tender north of Washington, D. C. Most kinds have handsome foliage and are well adapted for planting in shrubberies in the southern states and California. They seem to thrive in any well-drained soil. Propagation is by seeds, by greenwood cuttings under glass and by root-cuttings.
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==Cultivation==
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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