Makora / Jackal Jujube
Ziziphus oenopolia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
How to identify Makora
Identify Makora 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: Scrambling shrub with small black fruit (jackal jujube).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rhamnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Makora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ziziphus oenopolia
- Genus
- Ziziphus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute and oblique.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute and oblique.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute and oblique.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Makora itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“The flowers are green, in subsessile axillary cymes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“The flowers are green, in subsessile axillary cymes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is a globose drupe, black and shiny when ripe, containing a single seed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Makora itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मकोरा makora
- Marathi
- तोरण वेल
About Makora
Jackal jujube (Ziziphus oenopolia) belongs to the Rhamnaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 18 other states.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and a source of dye or tannin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Makora belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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