Same. The jujube kernel is also known as the wild jujube kernel. It should be accurately called the northern wild jujube kernel, mainly to distinguish it from the southern wild jujube with five eyes and six tongs.

Spiny jujube kernel, also known as jujube kernel, jujube kernel, and wild jujube kernel. It is made from the ripe fruits of Zizyphus jujuba, a tree of Rhamnaceae, after removing the pulp and core shell, collecting the seeds and drying them in the sun. Born on sunny slopes and roadsides, it is mainly produced in Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong, Yunnan and other places. Harvest the fruits when they are mature in autumn, remove the pulp and hard core, and take the seeds, which can be used raw or lightly fried.

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Jujube kernel morphological characteristics: seeds are oblate or oblate oval, 5-9mm long, 5-7mm wide, and about 3mm thick. The surface is purple-red or purple-brown, smooth and shiny, and some have vertical cracks. One side is relatively flat, with a raised vertical line in the middle; the other side is slightly raised.

One end is sunken, and a linear hilum can be seen; the other end has a small raised chalaza. The seed coat is crisp, the endosperm is white, and the cotyledons are 2, light yellow, and rich in oil. The smell is slight and the taste is light. The ones with large, plump, shiny grains, reddish-brown skin, and yellow-white kernels are preferred.