Jujube
Ber/Jujube
Local name: ‘Kul’
Scientific name: Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Rhamnales
Family : Rhamnaceae
Genus : Zizyphus
Species : Z. mauritiana
Botanical Description of Jujube
Habit: A moderate sized tree or small tree, erect or spreading with drooping branches.
Root: Tap root system
Stem: Erect, woody branched, contains throne
Leaf: Simple, petiolate, alternate, elliptic ovate or obovate. Glossy and glabrous above,white-tomentose to rusty-tomentose beneath.
Inflorescence: Cymose in cluster
Flower: Small, greenish yellow, complete, actinomorphic hermaphrodite, pentamerous.
Calyx: Sepal 5, gamosepalous
Corolla: Petal 5, polypetalous
Androecium: Stamen 5, polypetalous
Gynoecium: Carpel 2-3, syncarpous, ovary superior
Fruit: Drupe
Chromosome number: 2n=48
Economic Importance: The fruit is eaten as fresh or dried and also used as candied. It makes a refresh drink. The fruit has a rich source of vitamin-C vary greatly in quality.
Table 1. Jujubi (ber) varieties developed by BAU, BSMRAU and BARI
| Serial Number | Name of Variety | Developed by | Year of release | Growing season | Average yield (t/ha) |
| 1 | IFT BAU Kul- 1 | GPC, BAU | 2006 | Rabi | 10-50 |
| 2 | IFT BAU Kul- 2 (Shah Kul) | GPC,BAU | 2009 | Rabi | 9-33 |
| 3 | IFT BAU Kul- 3 (Barmi) | GPC,BAU | 2010 | Rabi | 9-25 |
| 4 | BU kool 1 (apple kool) | BSMRAU | 2001 | Rabi | 150-180 kg/plant |
| 5 | BARI Kul-1 | HRC, BARI | 2003 | Rabi | 12 t/ha |
| 6 | BARI Kul-2 | HRC, BARI | 2003 | Rabi | 20 t/ha |
| 7 | BARI Kul-3 | HRC, BARI | 2009 | Rabi | 14 t/ha |
| 8 | BARI Ber-4 | HRC, BARI | 2013 | Rabi | 40-50 t/ha |
| 9 | BARI Ber -5 | HRC, BARI | 2017 | Rabi | 43-51 t/ha |