What is the value of wild jujube?
Ziziphus jujuba trees are common in rural mountainous areas, and usually grow on hillsides, roadsides or empty places, growing in pieces. The wild jujube trees that are not managed by people are mostly shrubs, although many wild jujubes can be produced every year, which is generally unpopular.
Because jujube is small, and jujube trees are full of thorns, and it is not convenient to pick, so most of them are allowed to grow naturally and are not paid much attention to. But I don't know that Ziziphus jujuba trees still have many uses. Let's summarize what Ziziphus jujuba trees can do.
① medicinal value
Ziziphus jujuba seed is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. When Ziziphus jujuba is ripe, the meat of Ziziphus jujuba seed is disposed, washed with water, and then dried. This is Ziziphus jujuba seed in Chinese medicine, which can be sold in the medicinal market.
It is understood that the current machine-selected high-quality Ziziphus jujuba seeds can be sold for more than 100 yuan per catty, and even if they are purchased in bulk, they can be sold for dozens of yuan per catty.
It can be seen that the price of Ziziphus jujuba seeds is still not cheap. This is also a good source of economic income for farmers who have wild jujube trees around them.
② Breeding rootstock saplings
Rootstock trees, that is, trees used for grafting, are usually trees with high resistance and strong adaptability to the environment.
As the rootstock tree of jujube tree, Ziziphus jujuba is the best. Ziziphus jujuba not only has good adaptability to the environment, but also has strong ability to carry drought and cold, pests and diseases.
Moreover, Ziziphus jujuba and Ziziphus jujuba are closely related, so it has strong healing ability and high survival rate when used as jujube rootstock grafting.
You can collect Zizyphus jujuba in the mature season, clean up the meat of Zizyphus jujuba, and then sand-store it and plant it next year, which is a good rootstock seedling for jujube tree grafting.
③ Edible value
Although the Zizyphus jujuba produced by Zizyphus jujuba trees is small and difficult to pick, it has excellent taste and rich nutrition, and is also a high-quality small fruit that people like to eat.
In the mature season of Zizyphus jujuba, it is often seen that Zizyphus jujuba is sold in the market, and the price is more expensive than ordinary jujube.
This is precisely because Zizyphus jujuba is not convenient to pick, so the price is expensive. When the jujube is ripe, the villagers can collect and sell it, which is also an extra income.
④ Soil consolidation
Ziziphus jujuba trees usually grow on slopes. With the growth of Ziziphus jujuba trees, it has played a very good role in soil erosion on slopes.
The roots of Ziziphus jujuba are well developed, deeply embedded in the soil, with dense fibrous roots, which is not only the basis of strong adaptability of Ziziphus jujuba to the environment, but also can stabilize the surrounding soil and prevent it from being washed away by rain.
Therefore, people are interested in planting jujube trees in some places that are prone to soil erosion.
It is concluded that Ziziphus jujuba has a wide range of growth, both north and south, and its use can't be seen at ordinary times, but Ziziphus jujuba really plays a lot in people's lives.
For farmers with barren hills and slopes, it is advisable to plant some wild jujube trees, which can not only be extensively managed, but also stabilize the soil, increase an extra income and kill two birds with one stone.