Ber fruit or Indian Jujube or Chinese apple is a Vitamin C rich fruit, used in Ayurveda for treating bleeding disorders, excessive thirst, fever, burning sensation etc. Ber fruit is yellowish to reddish or blackish or green drupe, with white flesh, juicy, sweet, becoming mealy in fully ripe fruit. Fresh ber fruit is generally eaten as it is. Ber is a low calories fruit loaded with dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals that makes it an excellent option as a healthy snack. Packed with vitamin C, a potent antioxidant, ber fruit triggers the immune response and keep infections at bay. Most of the recorded and studied side effects are of Ber fruit , which is the Chinese date, and more studies need to be done on Ziziphus mauritiana ( ber fruit ), the Indian jujube.
