Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.
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Simmondsia chinensis

Family: SIMMONDSIACEAE
Genus: Simmondsia
Species: chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.
Common names: Jojoba;Goat Nut;Pig Nut
Distribution summary: Northern America
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H2 - Tender; cool or frost-free greenhouse
Habitat: Well drained desert soils - sandy alluviums, coarse gravel and clay mixes and loams
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants in pots (POT)
Reason for growing: Commemorative, other use

Additional Notes

Thomas William Simmonds (b. Dartford, Kent; d. Trinidad in 1804). From Settle, Yorks, UK, Surgeon. Naturalist to Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados, 1803. Also noted as being a physician

Desmond, Ray. (1977). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor and Francis, London.

Jojoba oil is the only unsaturated liquid wax readily extractable in large quantities from plant sources (≈52% of the total seed weight), which shows a high structure similarity with the sperm whale oil. This similarity has increased the interest in Jojoba oil as a replacement for sperm whale oil (spermaceti wax) since the 1970s

Spencer G.F., Plattner R.D., Miwa T. Jojoba oil analysis by high pressure liquid chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 1977;54:187–189. doi: 10.1007/BF02676270. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197201/ Link

Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California

Northern America, Mexico

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