(1/1) Jujube - Li fruit
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Jujube
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Cultivated in China for more than 4000 years, the Jujube is highly esteemed there, and more recently, around the world. The fruit has a pleasant sweet taste and the texture and flavour resembles more an apple but is also reminiscent of dates. The fruit
... Read Morevaries in size depending on the cultivar with a thin, edible, dark red skin surrounding a crisp white flesh. They can be processed in various ways - eaten fresh, dried, candied, or made into jam, pulp and wine.
Jujubes are an extremely hardy, deciduous tree growing between 5-10m. They tolerate drought, saline soils and cool winters which make it a highly adaptable crop well suited to a range of climatic conditions. They do best in climates with long, hot summers after adequate rain early in the season and cool temperatures during dormancy. Great for inland and southern mainland Australia. Most cultivars are self-fertile, but some like cross-pollination. Fruit set requires average daily temperatures above 20C while fruit development needs temperatures over 24 or 25C. Any problems with fruit set can be remedied using cincturing, light summer tip-pruning or foliar sprays of Boron and ensuring bees are present. Fruit quality improves with the age of the tree. Jujubes prefer good drainage but will grow on heavy clay, tolerating saline, alkaline and acid soils of pH 4.5 - 8.4. Fruit is harvested in Autumn. Root suckers must be controlled
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/minor-fruits/jujubes-western-australia
Other Names: red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date