• Bor / बोर / Jujube / Ziziphus jujuba
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Bor / बोर / Jujube / Ziziphus jujuba

Local Name: Bor / बोर

Common Name: Jujube

Botanical Name: Ziziphus jujuba

Bor / बोर / Jujube / Ziziphus jujuba

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Tree

  • Occurrence: Barren land, Farm bunds

  • Season of Availability: March-April

  • Geography: Asia

  • Method of Propagation: Seeds and cuttings

  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds and cuttings

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Fruits

  • Can be Eaten Raw: Yes

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No

  • Ripe: No

  • Both Raw & Ripe: No

  • Dangerous Form to Consume: N/A

  • As Food: Fruits are dried, pickled, or crushed with spices and jaggery.

  • As Medicine: Leaf paste applied to body to reduce fever.

  • Cooking Method: Fruits are dried, pickled, or crushed with spices and jaggery.

  • Preservation / Curing Technique: Fruit can be pickled & Pulp is dried

  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A

  • Souring Agents Required: N/A


Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: High fiber and vitamin C content.

  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps reduce fever.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Leaf paste applied to body to reduce fever.

Recipes

  • Tribal Recipe: Fruits crushed with red chili, jaggery, tamarind, and salt then made into cakes.