Botanical name : Ziziphus oenoplia  (Linn.) Mill.
Family : Rhamnaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Karkandhu
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Guru
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Jackal jujube
Hindi  : Kakkay
Malayalam : Tudali, Tudari, Cheriyalanta
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in planes.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A spreading thorny shrub grows up to 1.5 meters in height. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, oblique; flowers green, in subsessile axillary cymes. Fruits globose drupes, black, contain single seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kapha, worms, peptic ulcer, stomach pain and wounds.
Useful part : Roots