Simmondsia chinensis
Sign in to saveAlso known as jojoba
Jojoba (; botanical name: Simmondsia chinensis)also commonly called goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bushis an evergreen, dioecious shrub native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Simmondsia chinensis is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales.
OverviewAI-generated
Simmondsia chinensis is a species of plant in the family Simmondsiaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Caryophyllales. The common name for this organism is jojoba.
The native range of Simmondsia chinensis includes Arizona, California, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, and Utah. It has also been introduced to the Canary Islands. Records of the species are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, CIBNOR, UACH, and INECOL, with occurrences documented in the United States and Mexico.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Plants of the World, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilySimmondsiaceae
Common Name: jojoba
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,445
- With media
- 1,336
- Family
- Simmondsiaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, CIBNOR, UACH, INECOL, FESI-UNAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Description
- Reproduction
- Genetics
- Taxonomy
- Production
- Uses
- Native American uses
- Introduction to Europe
- Contemporary uses
- Cultivation
- Processing technology
- Molecular breeding
- References
- External links
Jojoba (; botanical name: Simmondsia chinensis)also commonly called goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bushis an evergreen, dioecious shrub native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Simmondsia chinensis is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales.
Jojoba is grown commercially in its area of origin and in other (semi-)arid regions to produce jojoba oil, a liquid wax ester extracted from its seed. Jojoba oil is highly valued in the cosmetics industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simmondsia chinensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.