Black dates, the scientific name of Junqianzi, are also called wild persimmons. Belongs to persimmon family, persimmon genus. Widely distributed in northern China, it is mainly divided into two types: nucleated and non-nucleated. The main varieties are black jujube, milk jujube and grape jujube.

Black dates:

5- 10 meter high; The bark is dark brown and deeply split into square blocks; Young branches are gray pilose. Leaves ovate to oblong, 6- 12 cm long and 3-6 cm wide; The surface is densely pilose and falls off, the back is gray or pale, and the veins are pilose. Flowers pale yellow or reddish, solitary or clustered leaf axils; Calyx densely pilose, 4-parted, lobes ovate; The fruit is nearly spherical with a diameter of 1- 1.5 cm. When mature, it is blue-black, with gray layer and nearly sessile. Flowering in May, fruit ripening 10~ 1 1.