The types of jujube are: sour jujube, sand jujube, red jujube, jujube, gourd jujube.

1, sour jujube

Sour jujube is also called mountain jujube, it is a variant of jujube, some places also called it spiny. Sour jujube its fruit is relatively small, the growth is very dense, the fruit color is generally purplish red or purple-brown, the fruit taste with sour taste, its jujube meat and jujube kernel can be used as medicine. At present, China's sour jujube's main places of origin are distributed in Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Guizhou and other places, the distribution range is still relatively wide.

2, jujube

Shajube also called silver willow, seven lixiang, it is a kind of plants in the family of Hu decadent. The leaves of jujube are generally silver-white, and the color of the fruit is pink, but the color of the flesh is creamy white. Sha jujube's adaptability is very strong, also has a certain salt alkaline, China is mainly in the northwest region and the western part of Inner Mongolia planting, of course, the rest of the places are also planted, but the amount is not big.

3, red jujube

Red jujube is what we often say jujube, some places are also known as burr jujube, it is a temperate crop, but the environment of the adaptability of the stronger, not only in our country is widely distributed in all parts of the world planting range is quite broad. The market demand for jujube is also relatively large, jujube can not only be eaten as a fresh fruit, but also can be processed into dried fruit, can be eaten directly, can also be boiled.

4, jujube

Jujube is also called green jujube, Taiwan jujube, it is a typical tropical fruit. Jujubes and other jujubes are still very different in taste, and there is also a certain difference in appearance, so it is also a kind of jujube in the best distinction. Although the adaptability of dates is strong, but in many places in our country is still not very suitable for planting, so we also need to choose the right planting site.

5, gourd jujube

Gourd jujube is also called monkey head jujube, its original body is long red jujube, is after the later planting and cultivation development. The shape of its fruit is very similar to that of an upside-down gourd, which is also the source of its name.

China's market gourd jujube and other jujube compared to be relatively rare, at present is mainly in China's Hebei region planting, in the Beijing area also has a small amount of planting, that is to say, has not been widespread popularization of planting.