Abstract
Ziziphus mauritiana is evergreen tree of variable size and cultivated throughout the greater part of India. It is also known as jujube and the fruit part of this plant is very much useful and known as ber which is consumed raw. Traditionally the plant parts are used as sedative, tonic, anticancer and used in fever. Ziziphus mauritiana reported to involved to treat various stomach problems, emetics, laxatives, and diarrhea and in other parasitic infections. The present review is therefore, an effort to give a detailed survey of the morphology, traditional uses, phytoconstituents and pharmacological action of plant.