枳椇(原变种) zhi ju (yuan bian zhong)

Hovenia dulcis Thunberg var. acerba (Lindley) Sengupta & Safui; H. inaequalis Candolle; H. parviflora Nakai & Y. Kimura; Ziziphus esquirolii H. Léveillé.

Fruit and style glabrous.

Sparse forests, forest margins, slopes, open places, also often cultivated in gardens or by houses; below 2100 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].