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Ziziphus rugosa

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{{stub}}[[File:Ziziphus rugosa - Wild Jujube flowers at Mayyil 2019 (8).jpg|thumb|right]]'''Ziziphus rugosa''' is a spiny, evergreen tree growing around 5 - 9 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Swollen gums}}, {{Uses|Toothaches}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Menorrhagia}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootFruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
It contains lupeol, betulin, betulinic aldehyde, betulinic acid, alphitolic acid, euscaphic acid, zizyberenalic acid, and β−sitosterol etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Ghontaa|en=Wild Jujube, Wrinkled Jujube|gu=|hi=Churna, Suran|kn=Belahadu, Kanika|ks=|ml=Thodali, Tutari|mr=Toran|pa=|ta=Totari|te=Gottichettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen tree}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Division of root suckers}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
This species is an important host for the parasitic scale insect, Laccifer lacca (lac insect).<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Riverbanks}}, {{Commonly seen|Shorea forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Sparse forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Thickets on hills}}, {{Commonly seen|Sunny places on mountains}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Ceruthutali (Malayalam- ചെറുതുടലി) (2642080912).jpgChurna (in Hindi) (5460463531).jpgChurni (Konkani- चुर्णी) (3309254600).jpgGottichettu (Telugu- గొట్టికంప) (3309261654).jpgMulluhannu (Kannada- ಮುಳ್ಳುಹಣ್ಣೂ) (3308429347).jpgZiziphus rugosa 04.JPGZiziphus rugosa - Wild Jujube flowers at Mayyil 2019 (8).jpg
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271952479_Chemical_Constituents_of_the_Roots_of_Zizyphus_rugosa Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref><ref name="MorphologyCommon names">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Jujube.html Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+rugosa Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rhamnaceae/ziziphus/ziziphus-rugosa Ziziphus rugosa on sites.google.com]* [ https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31928 Ziziphus rugosa on indiabiodiversity.org]* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]

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