badara :

Tree growing in savannah in Indonesia Photograph by: Wie146

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ziziphus
Species: Ziziphus jujuba

Allied species:

Charaka –

Hrudya – Group of herb that acts as cardiac tonic, congenial for heart,

Svedopaga – Group Virechanopaga,

Chadri Nigrahana – Anti emetic group of herb

Phala Asava Yoni – Ber fruit is a source of fermented medicinal beverage (Reference: Charaka Sutrasthana 25)

Sushruta and Vagbhata –Nyagrodhadi gana

Sodala Nighantu, Raja Nighantu, Dhanvantari Nighantu, Bhavaprakasha – Amradi Varga

Kaiyadeva Nighantu – Oshadhi Varga

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: बदर Badara, बद्री Badri, बद्री फल Badri phala, सौवीर Sauvir.
English: Indian plum, jujube, bherefruit tree
Hindi: बदर badar, बेर ber, कुबल kubal, फेनिल phenil, पिच्छल picchal
Urdu: Ber
Telugu: Regu chettu
Bengali: Kul Vadar, Vadar, Vadai, Narkolikul
Marathi: बोर Bor, सौबरी Saubari
Oriya: Borakoli
Gujarathi: Bor
Tamil: Ilandai
Malayalam: Lanta, Lantakkura
Kannada: Bore hannu, Bore mara
Punjabi: amlai, barari, simli, singli
Arabic: : Beri, Bor, Nabbak el fil., nabq, dum, tsal, sadr, zufzuuf
Spanish: Azufaifo indio.
Assamese: Vagari
Japanese: Indo natsume.
Chinese: Dian ci zao, Suan zao
French: Jujubier de lInde
German: Filzblättrige Jujube.
Burma: Zee pen, Zizidaw.
Nepal: Bayar
Persian: Zizafun, Zizfum, anab or annab
Sinhalese: Masan / Dabara
Greek: Zizifia, Zizyfon.

Varities:

Bhava Prakasha has mentioned about three varieties-

Sauveera – Bigger variety, also called Raja Badara – Ziziphus sativa

Kola – mid size fruits – Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus mauritiana

Karkandhu – small fruits

Varieties of jujube include Li, Lang, Sherwood, Silverhill, So, Shui Men and GA 866.

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