Jojoba

Not to be confused with Jujube.

Jojoba
Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) shrub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Simmondsiaceae
Genus: Simmondsia
Nutt.
Species:
S. chinensis
Binomial name
Simmondsia chinensis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Brocchia dichotoma Mauri
    • Buxus californica (Nutt.) Baill.
    • Buxus chinensis Link
    • Celastrus obtusatus C.Presl
    • Simmondsia californica Nutt.
    • Simmondsia pabulosa Kellogg

Jojoba (/həˈhoʊbə/ ⓘ; botanical name: Simmondsia chinensis) – also commonly called goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush[2] – is a shrub native to the Southwestern United States. Simmondsia chinensis is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales.

Jojoba is grown commercially to produce jojoba oil, a liquid wax ester extracted from its seed.

  1. ^ "Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneid". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Phillips, Steven J.; Comus, Patricia Wentworth, eds. (2000). A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. University of California Press. pp. 256–57. ISBN 0-520-21980-5.