Ziziphus Nummularia seed

LATIN NAME: ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA

COMMON NAME: Wild Jujube

The wild jujube coins the low, thorny, spreading shrub with the small, rounded, shiny, coin-like leaves that gleam along the zigzag twigs and the small, yellow-green flowers that open through the spring, the small, round, reddish-brown fruits following and ripening through the autumn, each fruit sweet and mealy when ripe. The shrub grows into the dense, tangled form, and it stands the heat, the drought and the poor, stony soils with great ease. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The drought tolerance of the wild jujube gives it a recognised place in the research on the hardy fruit shrubs of the buckthorn family, and the nummularia species appears in the studies of the arid-plain survival and the fruit chemistry. The work looks at the way the shrub binds the stony soil, the sweet, mealy fruits, and the seed biology. The shelter it gives in the dry scrublands keeps the ecologists interested, and the growers of the dryland fruit and shelter shrubs keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the dry garden, the wild jujube coins the branches with the small round leaves. The sweet autumn fruits serve the table, the teas and the preserves for the ages, they feed the birds, and the thorny, tangled form holds the soil and makes the barrier. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Coin-leaved, sweet-fruited and drought-hardy.

To grow the Wild Jujube from seed, crack the stones gently, then soak them in the warm water for a day, press them into the moist, sandy mix of the pot, keep the mix warm and gently moist, and the seedlings come up as they settle in.

Keep the mix warm and gently moist, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The coin-shaped leaves come within the season or two. Plant the young shrubs in the sunny, open ground, and the coin-like leaves will gleam over the season.

 

 

 

 

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Perfect for plant collectors and very hard to obtain. This small deciduous/ semi evergreen tree grows shiny bright green smooth leaves accented in the summer by mildly fragrant, small purple flowers that produce in abundance along the leaf axis.

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The plant loves hot summer suns. The valued fruit follows flowering and grows to plum size beginning green and ripening to a yellow green with mahogany spotting, turning to a final brown-red. It is usually picked just before winter months. The fruit is then dried and ground into a flour and mixed with millet.

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This plant should be given a warm, sunny location, but are otherwise relatively undemanding. Given adequate heat and sun, the trees will thrive without any special care. They should not be planted in the shade of other trees. Drought tolerant once established. Unpruned trees produce as well as those having been pruned. Winter pruning will keep the plants in better health.

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The plant tolerates a wide variety of soil type. This tree grows well as a container plant for the home or greenhouse in addition to being a specimen plant.

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Fun Facts:

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1. This shrub are often intercropped with millet, legumes and oil type seeds
2. Good for erosion control in sandy areas
3. This species is a host of larvae of butterfly Tarucus balkanica Freyer

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