Jujube
The jujube , or Chinese date (etymology: of the Greek " zizuphon") called in Berber zi3rur , and in Arabic: anèbe, is small a Fruit produces by the common Jujubier ( Ziziphus jujuba , or Ziziphus zizyphus ), Arbre of the family of the Rhamnacée S. It is probably originating in China, where it has been cultivated for more than 4.000 years.
The Tree, used as ornament, can reach a height from 5 to 12 meters, with sheets green shining, and sometimes of the spine S. This tree tropical with the advantage of tolerating winter temperatures until less fifteen degrees Celsius.
One finds this shrub in midday of the France, in the north of the Algérie and in Tunisia.
The young fruit, with hard core like that of a Olive, is green and has the taste and the consistency of the Pomme. With maturation, the color darkens and becomes purple-black, and the fruit fades to reach the consistency and the taste of a Datte, from where its nickname of Chinese date .
Use
Its fruit is used as polishing substance against cough, bronchitis and pneumonia. It belongs to the four pectoral fruits which are the date, the dryed grapes, the dry fig and the jujube.-
Directions for use: herb tea in decoction, 50 gr. for one liter of water, or in paste.
- Action: polishing substance, bechic, pectoral.
- Indications: bronchitis, pneumonia, cough.
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