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Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Ziziphus rugosa
Family name: RHAMNACEAE
English name: Wild Jujube
Wrinkled Jujube
Sinhala name: Maha eraminiya (මහ එරමිණියා)
Tamil name: Churai
Totari
Sanskrit name: Ghontaa
Conservation status: NT - Near Threatened - NRL - 2020
Description: Large armed shrubs or small trees, 3-6 m high; young branches fulvous tomentose; stipular spines solitary. Leaves 5-10.5 x 4-6 cm, oblique at base. Inflorescences axillary, sessile cymes or terminal panicles, up to 30 cm long. Flowers yellowish- green, 4-5 mm across; petals 0. Drupes pyriform to globose, 6-12 x 9-10 mm in diameter, flesht, white when ripe. Seeds 2 (-1), black.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Fruit (Wild Fruit)
Treatment for: Menorrhagia
Mercurial poisoning
Fractures
Sores
Boils
Parts used in Treatment: Whole plant
Related Medical Properties: Antimicrobial
Antidote
Further Information: Kew Garden’s Medicinal Plant Names Services




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