To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] "Wild Sour Jujube"
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:20:35 -0600
Synonyms (alternative names) for Ziziphus jujuba: Rhamnus zizyphus,
Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa, Ziziphus sativa, Ziziphus spinosa, Ziziphus
vulgaris, Ziziphus vulgaris var. spinosa, Ziziphus zizyphus, Zizyphus
sativa
I think that the "wild sour jujube" is indeed the wild crabapple of the
jujube world. The tame ones have been selected and propagated for size and
flavor.