In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Drumavichitrikaranam—The Ancient Approach to Plant Mutagenesis

Ziziphus mauritiana (Indian jujube) was used in a recipe to accelerate fruit droppings: which was one of the technologies known to ancient Indian agriculturists, which presents a safe technology and methodology regarding organic agriculture, according to treatises (such as the Vrikshayurveda). One such technology was to selectively ripen fruits as well as to delay or accelerate fruit dropping: Harvesting and fruit dropping are critical factors which can alter the shelf-life and the taste of the fruit by the time it reaches the end-user, the customer. [...] A number of queer raw materials such as wet hides of animal, bones of a monkey, ichor (elephant’s rut) and nose bone of elephant have been prescribed in the treatises to delay ripening. In order to accelerate fruit dropping concoctions of Tamarindus indica (tamarind), Ziziphus mauritiana (Indian jujube), Terminalia arjuna (arjuna) and Citrus limon (lemon) are prescribed.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Paliurus mairei H. Lév., Rhamnus jujuba Linnaeus, Ziziphus jujuba Lam., Ziziphus jujuba (Linnaeus) Lamarck, nom. illeg., non Ziziphus jujuba Mill., Ziziphus jujuba (L.) Gaertn., nom. illeg., non Ziziphus jujuba Mill., Ziziphus mairei (H. Lév.) Browicz & Lauener, nom. illeg., non Ziziphus mairei Dode, Ziziphus yucatanensis Standl..

References regarding Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8 (1768)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)
· FBI (1875)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1909)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1913)
· Tropical Woods (1932)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1967)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2192)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text (+294): Badara, Regu, Kuvala, Patari, Bayar, Bir, Gob, Vatuputpakam, Iruntunar, Inturu, Kutapalam, Llunlluvina, Tanupicam, Inturukamaram, Inippilantai, Barkoli, Bier, Atitarakamaram, Kottamullu, Musau.

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