Jujube (English name: Date): also known as Persian jujube, Fanzao jujube and Iraqi jujube, is the fruit of date palm tree (scientific name: Phoenix dactylifera), and the Compendium of Materia Medica says nothing. The original plant belongs to Solanum of Palmae. Distributed in the Middle East, North Africa and Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places in China, it has been artificially introduced and cultivated. Growing in tropical and subtropical regions, it is a common green tree in desert oases in the Middle East and North Africa. Dates have tall and straight trunks, pinnately compound leaves and long and narrow leaves, which are similar to coconut trees. Date palm trees are dioecious, drought-resistant, alkali-resistant, heat-resistant and like humidity. Trees can grow to a hundred years old. High-yield fruit is an important export crop in some countries in the Middle East. Dates have high nutritional value and are also called desert bread.

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