Tree Information
Common Name: jujube
Scientific Name: Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus zizyphus)
Native/Naturalized: Naturalized
Database ID: 744
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 49 in.
Height: 56 ft.
Crown: 28 ft.
Points: 112
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Dylan Kania
Date First Measured: 2006
Comments:
2023 comments:
2021 update: This tree is no longer a national champion because its species is no longer eligible
Declared national champion in 2014 and recognized in 2015 as national co-champion with tree in Williamsburg, VA. The tree appears healthy and producing fruit. English Ivy was recently removed from trunk and lower branches by volunteers.
2013 comments: Measured by Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson. circumference: 45", Height: 49', Crown: 27', Points: 101.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Norfolk
Land Owner: Hunter House Victorian Museum
GPS Coordinates: 36.852531, -76.292709
Directions: Extreme back of garden at side of house near brick garden wall.
Owner Address: 240 W. Freemason St.
Norfolk VA 23510
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Lane
Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
Other Nominators: Dylan Kania
Additional Information