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Jackal jujube, littlefruit jujube, squirrel’s jujube; Ziziphus oenoplia;

Ziziphus oenoplia commonly well known as makai in hindi and Jackal Jujube in english, is a straggling shrub distributed all over the hotter regions of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, and Tropical Asia. The flowers are green, in sub sessile axillary cymes. The fruits are containing a single seed having globose drupe, black and shiny when ripe.  It is frequently used for liver disease, the roots of the plant possess antiulcer and antioxidant, anthelminthi, antiplasmodial, angiogenic potential,  antidenaturation and antibacterial. It has wound healing activity,  hepatoprotective potential against antitubercular drugs induced hepatotoxicity and as an ingredient in the preparation of stomach ache pills.  Z. oenoplia plant is widely used in Ayurveda for the treatment of various diseases, such as ulcer, Stomach ache, obesity, asthma and it has an astringent, digestive, antiseptic, hepatoprotective, wound healing and d...

Jangli boroi; zhou zao; Ziziphus rugosa Lam.

The plants of Ziziphus species are multipurpose plants with great potential for ethnomedicinal use all over the world. Ziziphus rugosa Lamk is a large straggling armed shrub and belongs to the family Rhamnaceae. It is grown widely in the dry deciduous forest of Central Western Ghats. The fruits are commonly known as Mullanu, Kottimullu and Badara and are the known famine, medicinal and edible fruits. Further, the bark of root and stem, leaves and flowers are used in the preparation of herbal formulations.  Ziziphus rugosa Lam. also known as Ziziphus glabra Roxb,  Ziziphus latifolia Roxb and  Ziziphus latifolia Blanco.  This species is an important host for the parasitic scale insect, Laccifer lacca.  It is commonly found in Bangladesh, China and India. Below is a list of common names of Zizipus rugosa:   in Bangladesh: anai, banboroi, jangli boroi in China : zhou zao in India ...