Bada Ber / Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam & more
How to identify Bada Ber
Identify Bada Ber by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for sweet jujube fruit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rhamnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bada Ber.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ziziphus jujuba
- Genus
- Ziziphus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are shiny-green, ovate-acute, 2–7 centimetres (3⁄4–2+3⁄4 inches) long and 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1+1⁄8 in) wide, with three conspicuous veins at the base, and a finely toothed marg” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are shiny-green, ovate-acute, 2–7 centimetres (3⁄4–2+3⁄4 inches) long and 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1+1⁄8 in) wide, with three conspicuous veins at the base, and a finely toothed marg” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bada Ber itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is an edible oval drupe 1.5–3 cm (5⁄8–1+1⁄8 in) deep;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bada Ber itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बड़ा बेर Bada ber
- Kannada
- ಬೊಗರೆ Bogare, ಬೊಗರಿ Bogari, ಬೋರೆ Bore, ಎರ Era, ಎಲಚಿ Elachi
- Kashmiri
- Singli, Baryan, Unnab
- Malayalam
- Badaram
- Marathi
- Baher, Ber
- Sanskrit
- बदरः Badara, कुवलः Kuval, कोलः Kol
- Tamil
- Arulatotikacceti, Arulatotiyam
- Telugu
- Badari, Ganga regi
About Bada Ber
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) belongs to the Rhamnaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam and 14 other states.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Bada Ber belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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