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Ziziphus mauritiana (Indian jujube; Chinese apple; Chinese date; Indian cherry; Indian plum; Malay-jujube; Bedara; Jujubier)

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Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

Ziziphus mauritiana, also known as Chinese date, ber, Chinee/Chinkee apple, jujube, Indian plum, Regi pandu, Indian jujube and masau, is a tropical fruit tree species belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. In Queensland, Australia, it is known as the Chinee/Chinkee apple as it was believed to be introduced by Chinese miners to areas such as Charters Towers, Ravenswood and Hughenden.
View Wikipedia Record: Ziziphus mauritiana

Infraspecies

Ziziphus mauritiana f. mauritiana
Ziziphus mauritiana f. pendula
Ziziphus mauritiana var. fruticosa
Ziziphus mauritiana var. mauritiana
Ziziphus mauritiana var. pedunculata
Ziziphus mauritiana var. pubescens
Ziziphus mauritiana var. spontanea

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Ziziphus mauritiana

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  87 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [4]  0.618
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  24 feet (7.4 m)
Width [1]  21 feet (6.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004.
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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♦ 12Feeding ecology of sloth bears in a disturbed area in central India, H.S. Bargali, Naim Akhtar,and N.P.S. Chauhan, Ursus 15(2):212-217 (2004)
♦ 13"Diet Composition of Western Derby eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in the Dry Season in a Natural and a Managed Habitat in Senegal using Faecal Analyses", Pavla Hejcmanová, Miloslav Homolka, Markéta Antonínová, Michal Hejcman & Veronika Podhájecká, South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40(1):27-34. 2010
♦ 14DIETARY NICHE SEPARATION BETWEEN SYMPATRIC FREE-RANGING DOMESTIC DOGS AND INDIAN FOXES IN CENTRAL INDIA, ABI TAMIM VANAK AND MATTHEW E. GOMPPER, Journal of Mammalogy, 90(5):1058–1065, 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0