Indian jujube is more tropical whereas Chinese jujube is a more cold hardy species.
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Elsewhere in the Arab world the Chinese jujubes are also associated with the Lote-trees ( sidr ).
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Chinese jujube is the fruit of the jujube tree ( " Ziziphus zizyphus " ) and is a major fruit in China.
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"Ziziphus mauritiana " is one of the two " Ziziphus " species that have considerable horticulture importance, the other being Chinese jujube ( " Z . zizyphus " ).
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Two natural products have been documented to have similar sweetness-inhibiting properties : gymnemic acid, extracted from the leaves of the Indian vine " Gymnema sylvestre " and ziziphin, from the leaves of the Chinese jujube ( " Ziziphus jujuba " ).