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|accepted_name=Ziziphus mauritiana
|accepted_authority=Lamarck
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=3: 319. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|common_names=Indian jujube
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Rhamnus jujuba
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 194. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ziziphus;Ziziphus mauritiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ziziphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ziziphus mauritiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 43, 70
|treatment_page=page 73
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, 3–10(–15) m; secondary branches white-silvery to grayish, becoming brown, tomentose, glabrescent, not thorn-tipped, axillary thorns absent; stipular spines usually present, straight or recurving, 2–3 mm, solitary or paired, sometimes absent. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate; blade whitish to tawny abaxially, dark green adaxially, oblong to elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 2.5–8 cm, base obtuse to rounded, usually oblique, margins serrulate, apex rounded, abaxial surface tomentose, adaxial surface glabrous; 3-veined from base. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymes, 2–8-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium and sepals greenish to greenish white; petals white. <b>Drupes</b> ripening from yellow or orange to red or reddish brown, globose to ovoid or oblong, 20–30 cm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, thicket edges, rockland hammocks.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;c;se Asia;introduced also in West Indies (Jamaica;Lesser Antilles;Puerto Rico);Europe;elsewhere in Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Seychelles Islands);Pacific Islands (Fiji;Hawaii;New Caledonia;Papua New Guinea;Philippines);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Florida records for <i>Ziziphus mauritiana</i> are from Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Reports of the species from California (that is, USDA Plants Database) presumably refer to <i>Z. jujuba</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Ziziphus mauritiana</i> is a major commercial fruit-producing species in India with many cultivars varying in fruiting season and in fruit form, size, color, flavor, and keeping quality. The fruit is rich in vitamin C and is eaten raw, pickled, or used in beverages.</p><!--
--><p>The illegitimate name <i>Ziziphus jujuba</i> (Linnaeus) Gaertner is sometimes used for this species.</p>
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name=Ziziphus mauritiana
|authority=Lamarck
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Rhamnus jujuba
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, thicket edges, rockland hammocks.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;c;se Asia;introduced also in West Indies (Jamaica;Lesser Antilles;Puerto Rico);Europe;elsewhere in Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Seychelles Islands);Pacific Islands (Fiji;Hawaii;New Caledonia;Papua New Guinea;Philippines);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=1789
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Ziziphus
|species=Ziziphus mauritiana
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