Ziziphus oenopolia

Ziziphus oenopolia is a thorny, evergreen shrub with straggling branches, often scrambling into other vegetation; it can grow around 5 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. The fruits are sometims sold in local markets. The plant is sometimes grown as a hedge.

Uses

Cuts, Wounds, Indigestion, Stomachache.

Parts Used

Root, Bark, Fruits.

Chemical Composition

It contains betulin, betulinic aldehyde, betulinic acid, alphitolic acid, euscaphic acid, zizyberenalic acid, and β−sitosterol, one coumarin, scopoletin and four flavonoids, kaempferol, afzelin, quercitrin etc.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Pargi, Barige
Hindi	Makkay, Makai
Malayalam	Tutali
Tamil	Suraimullu
Telugu	Paraki
Marathi	Burgi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	Karkandhauh
English	Jackal Jujube, Small-Fruited Jujube

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Evergreen shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Ovate-Lnceolate	Base-Oblique	Underside clothed with rusty tomentum

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Tiny	Borne in nearly stalkless	Green	Velvety cymes in leaf axils	{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Spherical	Obovoid drupes				Balck, Shining

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Root suckers.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Margins of subtropical forests, Thickets.

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External Links

• Ziziphus oenoplia on indiabiodiversity.org
• Ziziphus oenoplia on sites.google.com