Scientific Name: Simmondsia chinensis
Date Collected: April 23, 2011
Location Collected: At UCLA Botanical Garden on the other side of Hilgard Street near Manning Street facing away from Hilgard on upper region.
Habitat: Grows on deserts, and uplands with high tolerance to fire, drought, and low requirements in fertility. Soils can be at medium textured, or coarse textured.
Nativity: Native to California, Arizona, Utah, and Northern Mexico, this plant is only distributed and introduced in these places on North America.
Special Notes: In the growth form of the plant, they have multiple stems, and the female plants produce a nut that is green-colored, and hard, which the capsules contain an oil and liquid wax used for cosmetics. However, the jojoba oil is not used in foods because it is not digestible.
Resources: ITIS Standard Report Page
Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers
USDA Plants- Characteristics
USDA Plants- Distribution and Nativity
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