Jujube
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Plate from the book Flora de Filipinas
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Ziziphus jujuba, habitus
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Rosids
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Order:
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Rosales
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Family:
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Rhamnaceae
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Genus:
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Ziziphus
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Species:
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Z. jujuba
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Binomial name
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Ziziphus jujuba
Mill.
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Synonyms[1]
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- Paliurus mairei H. Lév.
- Rhamnus jujuba L.
- Rhamnus soporifera Lour.
- Rhamnus zizyphus L.
- Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
- Ziziphus muratiana Maire
- Ziziphus nitida Roxb.
- Ziziphus orthacantha DC.
- Ziziphus poiretii G.Don nom. illeg.
- Ziziphus rotundata DC.
- Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.
- Ziziphus sinensis Lam.
- Ziziphus soporifera (Lour.) Stokes
- Ziziphus tomentosa Poir.
- Ziziphus trinervia Roth nom. illeg.
- Ziziphus vulgaris Lam.
- Ziziphus zizyphus (L.) H.Karst.
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Ziziphus jujuba, commonly known as the jujube,[2][3] is a species of Ziziphus. It is in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It is used mainly as a shade tree which also bears fruit.