Abstract

A REVIEW ON ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA: VALUABLE MEDICINAL PLANT OF DESERT

*Sunita Verma

ABSTRACT

Ziziphus nummularia, commonly known as Jharber, a member of the family Rhamnaceae, is used traditionally in treatment of cold, mental retardation, in dysentery, diarrhoea, fever, burns and colic. It is also used in ulcers, wound healing, pharyngitis, bronchitis, anaemia, irritability, hysteria and as a nervine tonic. In present paper detailed taxonomic description, illustration, photographs and its ethnomedicinal uses are discussed.

Keywords: Ziziphus nummularia, pharyngitis, bronchitis, anaemia