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==Uses==
{{Uses|Relieves constipation}}, {{Uses|Relieves excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Improves digestion strength}}, {{Uses|Nasal bleeding}}, {{Uses|Gastric}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bore, elachi, elanji, yalaci, badari, bare, bari, barihannu|ml=lanta, ilantappalam, lantappalam|sa=Karkandhu, kola, ahapriya, sauveera, gudaphala, baleshta|ta=ilandai, elandai|te=regi, regu-pandu|hi=bara-bor, ber, kath ber,|en=Indian Jujube}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate| distichous; stipular spines solitary or in pairs, straight or one of them recurved; nodes slightly enlarged around the leaf scars; petiole 4-8 mm, stout; lamina 1.5-4 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-orbicular or suborbicular, base oblique, subcordate or round, apex round and retuse, margin glandular-denticulate or serrate, glabrous above, coriaceous, strongly 3-ribbed from base, convergent; lateral nerves 2-3 pairs, pinnate, prominent, slender, intercostae obscure. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Axillary cyme|bisexual|Greenish-yellow|5|n 15-20 flowered dense cymose axillary fascicles; peduncle much reduced; calyx tube 0.5 mm, woolly outside, glabrous within; lobes 5, triangular, prominently keeled on inner face; petals 5, cucullate, round at apex, deflexed with the stamens; disc 10-lobed, grooved; stamens 5, enclosed in the petals, not exserted beyond them; filaments slightly dilated at base; ovary embedded in disc, 2-celled; ovule 1, ascending; styles 2, connate to the middle; stigma 2-fid. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|1 x 0.5 cm| oblong-globose, yellow or orange when ripe; 1-2-celled|seeds 1 or 2, compressed.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry deciduous forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Zizip maurit 110716-15922 Fr sntong.jpg
File:Zizip maurit 110717-16070 Fl sntong.jpg
File:Zizip maurit 110716-15914 Fr sntong.jpg
File:Zizip maurit 110901-17127 H bal.jpg
File:Zizip maurit 110717-16059 Fr sntong.jpg
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/07/26/ber-fruit-indian-jujube-uses-dose-side-effect-research/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.epainassist.com/articles/health-benefits-of-jujube-fruit-or-ber-or-ziziphus-mauritiana]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282001594_A_PLANT_REVIEW_ON_ZIZIPHUS_MAURITIANA]
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+mauritiana]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
