Summary
Place of publication:
Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2:141. 1907
Verified:
09/09/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
goatnut – jojoba – Swedish
jojoba –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Sonora]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California]
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
Australasia
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico, United States
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984 |
Fuels | potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
Materials | lipids | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Materials | wax | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=105075.
Accessed 20 September 2024.