Jujube Fruit.A Magic fruit berry for emotion controlling and more.
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Botanical Source of Fructus Jujubae.Ziziphus jujuba.:
The jujube asks less and gives more abundantly of its fruits than almost any other tree.
Botanical Source: Dry fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill.var.inermis(Bge)Rend.
Brief:Ziziphus jujuba Mill.
Botanical Names:Zyzyphus jujube,Zyzyphus ziziphus,Zyzyphus spina-christi
English Name: Jujube Fruit,Jujube,Chinese Date,Ber,Jujube Berries,Zizyphus sativa,Brustbeeren,Judendornbeeren,Rhamnus Zizyphus
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Common names: Da Zao,Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus,Jujube fruit, Azufaifa fruit, Chinese Date, Chinese Jujube, Chinese Red Date, Common Jujube, Cottony Jujube, Indian Jujube,Jujube,Tsao.
Other names: Dansk (Danish):Sisyphos, brystb?rtr?, j?detorn, kinesisk dadel, brystb?r, jujub
Nederlands (Dutch):jujube, hoestbonbon
Fran?ais (French): jujube
Deutsch (German): (Bot.) Jujube-Pflanze
Italiano (Italian):giuggiolo, giuggiola
Portugues (Portuguese): jujuba (f)
Espa?ol (Spanish): azufaifa, jalea de azufaifa, pastilla de azufaifa
Svenska (Swedish):jujub, br?stb?r(sbuske), (br?st)karamell.
Definition:Any of several Old World trees of the genus Ziziphus, especially Z. jujuba, having palmately veined leaves, spiny stipules, small yellowish flowers, and dark red fruit.The fleshy, edible drupe of this tree. Also called Chinese date.
Fruit: The fruit is a drupe, varying from round to elongate and from cherry-size to plum-size depending on cultivar. It has a thin, edible skin surrounding whitish flesh of sweet, agreeable flavor. The single hard stone contains two seeds. The immature fruit is green in color, but as it ripens it goes through a yellow-green stage with mahogany-colored spots appearing on the skin as the fruit ripens further. The fully mature fruit is entirely red. Shortly after becoming fully red, the fruit begins to soften and wrinkle. The fruit can be eaten after it becomes wrinkled, but most people prefer them during the interval between the yellow-green stage and the full red stage. At this stage the flesh is crisp and sweet, reminiscent of an apple. Under dry conditions jujubes lose moisture, shrivel and become spongy inside. Tests in Russia indicate a very high vitamin C content. The fruit has been used medicinally for millennia by many cultures. One of its most popular uses is as a tea for sore throat.
Fruits ripen in late summer to early fall. Many people enjoy them fresh, after they turn from green to brown, but before they dry and shrivel. At that stage, their flavor and texture is something like a very sweet apple, but not as juicy. Unlike most fruits, jujube will dry on the tree after ripening. Although dried jujubes are not as sweet as true dates, its sugars do concentrate, and the flavor is very similar. Dried fruits require no preservative, and they last "forever" -- I've pressed several growers on this point, and all agree -- though humidity in some regions may slow drying and limit the life of dried fruits.
There may be very little of any active constituents in the fruit. Most of the reports of such active ingredients are actually due to errors of interpretation, in that data is mistakenly taken from the analysis of seeds of Zizyphus spinosa (Chinese: suanzaoren) rather than the fruit pulp of Zizyphus jujuba. Zizyphus spinosa, known as spiny zizyphus, wild zizyphus, or sour jujube, yields glycosides that may have significant pharmacological action.
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♣ last edit date:12th,Oct.2010.
