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Alternate English names: black Chinese date

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Ziziphus jujuba Mill.*; Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. inermis (Bge.) Rehd. [= Z. vulgaris Lamarck var. inermis Bunge]

Use: Alimentary

Notes: This is the same as the 大枣, except that it is processed in a different way so that it is black rather then red in color. It is usually only used in cooking and dietary therapy, and references to the jujube in medicinal formulas should be understood to mean the red jujube.

See: Dà zǎo (大枣 Jujubae Fructus, jujube)

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