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5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers

Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Ziziphus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Ziziphus jujuba (L.) Gaertn. auct. non Mill.

Indian jujube (En). Jujubier (Fr). Indonesia: bidara, dara, widara. Malaysia: bidara, epal siam, jujub (Peninsular). Philippines: manzanita (Tagalog). Burma (Myanmar): eng-si, zee-pen. Cambodia: putrea. Laos: than. Thailand: ma tan (northern), ma thong (south-western), phutsa (central). Vietnam: c[aa]y t[as]o ta.

Probably originally from the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent, but now cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics and regularly escaping and becoming naturalized.

S.I. Wiselius

Wiselius, S.I., 1998. Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea