Taxonomic Status of Ziziphus Mauritiana Lam. Jagwan S.S., Singh Narendra Department of Botany, Ch. Shivnath Singh Shandilya (PG.) College, Machhra, Meerut (U.P). Abstract The wild edible Indain jujube is one of the diffused species among wild resources in India. The Indian species described under the name Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. , is native from the province of Yunnan in Southern China to Afghanistan, Malaysia and Queensland Ziziphus jujube has been distinguished into two main groups, Chinese jujube and Indian jujube. Actual taxonomy of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. as found in the literature as well as in various herbaria, is all chaos and confusion. Till now several attempts has been made in Indian flora to study taxonomy of Ziziphus, but the nomenclature of entire genus is unclear as also the taxonomic identity of the varieties. In most of the Indian flora, Indian jujube has been described under the name of Ziziphus jujube, but several botanists distinguish Indian jujube as Ziziphus mauritina Lam. The present paper discusses the actual taxonomic state of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. on the basis of leaf and fruit morphology, which helps us to identify the species found in India. Top Key words Ziziphus jujube Mill, taxonomic state, flora, Ziziphus mauritiana Lam, leaf morphology, fruit morphology, tree morphology, seed structure. Top |