Synonyms:

• Basionym: Buxus chinensis Link
• (=) Simmondsia californica Nutt.

Common names:

• goatnut  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• jojoba  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• jojoba  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental ()
• Fuels: potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol ()
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of jojoba (based on selection from wild plants fide Genet Res Crop Evol 57:774. 2010)
• Materials: beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_13.html,)
• Materials: lipids (for cosmetics)
• Materials: wax ()
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte, Sonora]


Cultivated




Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Israel

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• Mexico, United States

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile

References:

1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). (PROTA4U)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
6. Ince, A. G. et al. 2010. A reliable gender diagnostic PCR assay for jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis (LInk) Schneider) Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:773-779.
7. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
8. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
9. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
11. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
13. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
14. Personal Care Products Council International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI)
15. Rebman, J. P. 1995. Simmondsiaceae. Jojoba family J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:63-65.
16. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
17. Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984 (Edible Nuts)
18. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
19. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). (Bot Beads World)
20. Standley, P. C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex)
21. Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image