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|accepted_name=Ziziphus jujuba
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Ziziphus no. 1. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|common_names=Common jujube
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Rhamnus zizyphus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 194. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ziziphus;Ziziphus jujuba
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ziziphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ziziphus jujuba]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 43, 70, 73
|treatment_page=page 72
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, 2–12 m; secondary branches reddish, glabrescent, not thorn-tipped, axillary thorns absent; stipular spines usually present, straight or curving, 15–40 mm, solitary or paired, sometimes absent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate; blade green abaxially, darker green and glossy adaxially, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 3–6 cm, coriaceous, base oblique, margins crenate-serrate, apex usually obtuse to rounded, rarely acute, surfaces glabrous; 3-veined from base. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymes, 2–8-flowered, or rarely flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium and sepals yellow-green, petals pale yellow. <b>Drupes</b> ripening through yellow-green to dark red or reddish purple, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, 15–20(–30) mm. <b>2n</b> = 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Old home and ranch sites, fencerows, fields, pastures, roadsides, weedy riparian woods, alluvial slopes.
|elevation=50–700 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Tex.;Utah;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>The fruits of <i>Ziziphus jujuba</i> have a datelike taste and are eaten fresh, dried, candied, or preserved. Hundreds of cultivars have been developed in China. The spineless var. inermis (Bunge) Rehder sometimes is identified as a cultivar.</p><!--
--><p>The species was first introduced to North America in 1837 and has spread widely. It is not always clear whether it is naturalized or persisting from earlier plantings.</p><!--
--><p>The name <i>Ziziphus</i> zizyphus (Linnaeus) H. Karsten, sometimes used for this species, is a tautonym and therefore illegitimate.</p>
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name=Ziziphus jujuba
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Rhamnus zizyphus
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Old home and ranch sites, fencerows, fields, pastures, roadsides, weedy riparian woods, alluvial slopes.
|elevation=50–700 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Tex.;Utah;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Ziziphus
|species=Ziziphus jujuba
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