Florida Jujube

Pseudoziziphus celata, commonly known as the Florida jujube or Florida ziziphus, is a small xeric-adapted shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida (restricted to Polk and Highlands counties), and is one of the rarest plants in Florida. It is listed as federally endangered in the United States and state endangered in Florida. It is the sister species of Pseudoziziphus parryi (U.S. Southwest) comprising the only two species in the genus, which are wild relatives of the cultivated jujube (Ziziphus jujuba).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Florida Jujube being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Prunus geniculata
• Sideroxylon rufohirtum
• Crataegus lepida
• Sideroxylon reclinatum
• Sideroxylon tenax

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rhamnaceae

Genus

Pseudoziziphus

Species

Pseudoziziphus celata

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