Ziziphus oenoplia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamilia: Ziziphoideae
Tribus: Paliureae
Genus: Ziziphus
Species: Ziziphus oenoplia
Name

Ziziphus oenoplia (L.) Mill., 1768
References

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Ziziphus no. 3. 1768
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ziziphus oenopolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Jackal Jujube, Small-fruited Jujube, Wild Jujube

Ziziphus oenoplia, commonly known as the jackal jujube, small-fruited jujube or wild jujube,in hindi known as मकोरा Makora ,in [marathi]known as तोरण वेल is a flowering plant with a broad distribution through tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia.

Description

It is a spreading, sometimes climbing, thorny shrub growing to 1.5 m in height. The leaves are simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute and oblique. The flowers are green, in subsessile axillary cymes. The fruit is a globose drupe, black and shiny when ripe, containing a single seed.[2]
Distribution and habitat

It ranges from the Indian subcontinent through southern China and Southeast Asia to northern Australia. It grows along roadside forests and thickets.[3]
Uses

The berries are edible and the bark is used for tanning.[3]
Medicinal

The plant produces cyclopeptide alkaloids known as ziziphines and has a long history of use as an herbal medicine. In India the root is used in Ayurvedic medicine.[2] The Konkani people of Maharashtra use the chewed leaves as a dressing for wounds.[4] In Burma the stem bark is used as a mouthwash for sore throats, for dysentery, and for inflammation of the uterus.[5] Research in Thailand has found that extracts of ziziphine from Ziziphus oenoplia var. brunoniana show antiplasmodial in vitro activity against the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum.[6]

References

The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 30 January 2016
Ayurvedic medicinal plants.
Ara et al. (2008).
Kuvar & Bapat (2010).
Myanmar Medicinal Plant Database.

Sunit Suksamrarn et al. (2005).

Sources
Ara, Hosne; Hassan, Md. Abul & Khanam, Mahbuba (June 2008). "Taxonomic study of the genus Ziziphus Mill. (Rhamnaceae) of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 15 (1): 47–61. doi:10.3329/bjpt.v15i1.917.
Kuvar, Sachin D. & Bapat, U.C. (2010). "Medicinal plants used by Kokani tribals of Nasik district Maharashtra to cure cuts and wounds" (PDF). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9 (1): 114–115.
Sunit Suksamrarn; Narisara Suwannapoch; Natthachai Aunchai; Mayuso Kuno; Piniti Ratananukul; Rachada Haritakun; Chawewan Jansakul & Somsak Ruchirawat (January 2005). "Ziziphine N, O, P and Q, new antiplasmodial cyclopeptide alkaloids from Ziziphus oenoplia var. brunoniana". Tetrahedron. 61 (5): 1175–1180. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.11.053.
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