Churna / Wrinkled Jujube
Ziziphus rugosa
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- November-July
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ziziphus rugosa
- Genus
- Ziziphus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands and deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Kerala, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Churna itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The berry-sized fruit is known in India as zunna berry, chunna fruit or churna fruit.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Churna itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चूरना Churna
- Nepali
- गमराइ Gamaraai, हर्याय बयर Haryaaya Bayar, काँटा बयर Kaantaa Bayar
- Tamil
- தொடரி Totari, துடரி
- Telugu
- గొట్టికంప Gottikampa, పిండు పరిఘము Pindu Parighamu, గొట్టికంప
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿ ಚೂರಿಮುಳ್ಳು Bili Churimullu, ಬೊಮ್ಮರಲು Bommaralu, ಚೊಟ್ಟೆ Chotte
- Malayalam
- മലന്തുടലി Malanthudali, മലന്തുടലി
- Marathi
- चुरण Churan, तोरण Toran, तुरण Turan, तोरण
About Churna
Wrinkled Jujube (Ziziphus rugosa) is a climbing shrub in the Rhamnaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 13 other states. It grows in grasslands and deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from November to July.
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Churna belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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