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 Propagation 



Suckers produce the best plants, "but they inay "be raised 

 from seed or layers. 



Soil 



A rich soil is most sought for "by this tree, "but no cul- 

 ture is required. 



Jujube, Zizyphus Jujuba (Laink, )Syn, , native plum 

 Origin 



Bunnah,:fndia, Ciiltivated for more than four thousand 

 years. 



Description and Habitat 



Usually armed, leaves 1-2 l/2 by 3/4-2 in., elliptic 

 ovate or suborbicular dark green and glabrous above, covered 

 beneath with a dense woolly pale colored tomentum, fruit l/2- 

 3/4 in, diameter. 



Throughout India, from the Northwest frontier, Sindh, and 

 base of the Himalaya to Ceylon, and Malacca ; wild and exten- 

 sively cultivated. Distribution, Alghanistan, trox^ical Africa, 

 the Malay Archipelago, China, Australia. 



A small tree 30-50 ft,, young branches and flowers covered 

 with a dense fuscous tomentum. Prickles solitary and straight, 

 or germinate, and then one shorter and recurved. Cymes 3/4 

 in, long. Calyx glabrous within ; petals subspatulate , very 

 concave, reflexed ; disk of 10 grooved lobes ; ovary 2-celled ; 

 styles 2, ani*-,ed at the middle, Fruit globose, 2-celled, 



