✿Rhamnaceae · Ziziphus
Chaniya Bor / Wild Jujube
Ziziphus nummularia
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ziziphus nummularia
- Genus
- Ziziphus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- India, Central Asia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Type
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चनिया बोर Chaniya Bor, झड़बेरी Jhar-Beri, जंगली बेर Jungli Ber
- Nepali
- जङ्गली बयर
- Bengali
- ভুবাদরি Bhubadari, ভূঁইকুল Bhuikula, ভুবাদরি | ভূঁইকুল
- Tamil
- நரியிலந்தை Nari-Y-Ilantai
- Telugu
- జిజిఫస్ నుమ్ములేరియా
- Kannada
- ಹುಳಿಎಲಚಿ Huli-Elachi, ಮುಳ್ಳುಹಣ್ಣು Mulluhannu, ಪಾರ್ಪುಲಿ ಗಿಡ Paarpuli Gida
- Malayalam
- ഇലന്തപ്പഴം Ilanthappazham
- Marathi
- बोर Bor, भुईभेर Bhuyibher, चण्याबोर Chanya-Bor
About Chaniya Bor
Wild Jujube (Ziziphus nummularia) is a shrub belonging to the Rhamnaceae family (Buckthorn Family). It is typically found in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles. It occurs across India, Central Asia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during August-February.
Botanical family
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Chaniya Bor belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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