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Ziziphus oenopolia
Jackal jujube (Ziziphus oenopolia) is a spreading, sometimes climbing, thorny shrub native to tropical and subtropical Asia and northern Australia, usually found in dry deciduous forest and roadside thickets. It is rarely grown deliberately, and it tolerates dry, seasonal conditions best.
Ziziphus oenopolia, commonly known as the jackal jujube, small-fruited jujube or wild jujube, is a flowering plant with a broad distribution through tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia. In India, it is mostly found in the deciduous forests of the southern part of the country.
It ranges from the Indian subcontinent through southern China, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, and New Guinea to northern Australia. It grows along roadside forests and thickets. Its flowering and fruiting season is June to February.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ziziphus oenopolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
