Taiwan JUJUBE (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.)
Growth Habit: The jujube is a big, deciduous tree.The naturally drooping tree is graceful,ornamental and often thorny with branches growing in a zig-zag pattern. The wood is very hard and strong.Jujube cultivars vary in size and conformation, with some being very narrow in habit and others being more widespread.. Plants send up suckers (often with intimidating spines) from their roots, and these suckers can appear many feet from the mother plant.

Fruit: The fruit is a drupe, varying from round to elongate and small-apple-size depending on cultivar.


This small thorny evergreen tree from Taiwan is very ornamental with light green leaves and drooping branches. freezes at 25¡ãF, but will return from roots.

The 2-1/2¡± round or short-oblong , has a white, small apple size pulp surrounding a knobby stone and is eaten fresh or cooked. Tree from taiwan.

Comments: Having the texture and flavor of an apple the jujube are often referred to as manzana or manzanita meaning apple or little apple.

It is an important commercial fruit crop in taiwan, The trees are bush-like with a weeping habit, and they will bear fruit at just two to three years of age. Jujubes are known to be extremely prolific producers.