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Ziziphus rugosa Lam.

Family	:	Rhamnaceae
Local name	:	English         -wrinkled jujube Malayalam -Thodali
Flowering and fruiting period	:	November-May
Distribution	:	India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Grasslands and deciduous forests, also in the plains
Uses	:	Z. rugosa fruit to treat tumors or cancers. Besides, they use  it for sedative, hepatoprotective, blood purifier, and cardiotonic.
Key botanical characters :.   Scandent shrubs, thorns, recurved. Leaves simple, alternate, 9-12 x 4-7 cm, ovate-orbicular, apex acute, base unequally cordate, fulvous-tomentose beneath, coriaceous, crenulate; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers 6-20 together; subsessile, 5 mm across; sepals densely tomentose outside; disk flat, glabrous; ovary densely tomentose, 2-celled; styles 2, curved. Drupe to 1.3 cm, globose, white, glabrous.