Apple Jujube
Growth
It is a small deciduous tree or shrub reaching a height of 5–10 m, usually with thorny branches. The leaves are shiny-green, ovate-acute, 2–7-cm wide and 1–3-cm broad, with three conspicuous veins at the base, and a finely toothed margin. The flowers are small, 5-mm wide, with five inconspicuous yellowish-green petals. The fruit is an edible oval drupe 1.5–3-cm deep; when immature it is smooth-green, with the consistency and taste of an apple, maturing brown to purplish-black and eventually wrinkled, looking like a small date. There is a single hard stone similar to an olive stone.
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 331 kJ (79 kcal)
Carbohydrates 20.23 g
Fat 0.20 g
Protein 1.20 g
Water 77.86 g
Vitamin A 40 IU
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.020 mg (2%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.040 mg (3%)
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.900 mg (6%)
Vitamin B6 0.081 mg (6%)
Vitamin C 69 mg (115%)
Calcium 21 mg (2%)
Iron 0.48 mg (4%)
Magnesium 10 mg (3%)
Phosphorus 23 mg (3%)
Potassium 250 mg (5%)Sodium 03 mg (0%)