Ziziphus mauritiana - Common jujube

Badarah, Ziziphus mauritiana

Badarah is a much branched thorny tree that grows in the drier parts of India. The fruits are enjoyed by animals and man alike.

Uses

Relieves constipation, Relieves excessive thirst, Improves digestion strength, Nasal bleeding, Gastric, Blood disorders, Diarrhea

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots, Fruits.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	bore, elachi, elanji, yalaci, badari, bare, bari, barihannu
Hindi	bara-bor, ber, kath ber,
Malayalam	lanta, ilantappalam, lantappalam
Tamil	ilandai, elandai
Telugu	regi, regu-pandu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Karkandhu, kola, ahapriya, sauveera, gudaphala, baleshta
English	Indian Jujube

Properties

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

Rasa

Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour)

Guna

Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)

Veerya

Sheeta (Cold)

Karma

Kapha, Pitta, Vata

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
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.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Drupe	1 x 0.5 cm	oblong-globose, yellow or orange when ripe; 1-2-celled	seeds 1 or 2, compressed.		{{{6}}}

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Ajamamsa rasayana
• Panchamla tailam

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Storage of the seed for 4 months to let it after-ripen improves germination. If facilities are available, stratification in sand for 60 - 90 days at 5°c is recommended. Scarification, extracting the seed from the stone, and treating it with sulphuric acid has also been recommended. To germinate, seeds need full sunlight. Seed should germinate in 3 - 4 weeks when the seed is left in stone, quicker if it is cracked, and only 1 week if it is carefully extracted.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Dry deciduous forests.

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External Links

• Ziziphus mauritiana on epain assist.com
• Ziziphus mauritiana on researchgate.net
• Ziziphus mauritiana on the ferns.info