Ber or Indian jujube is belongs to the family Rhamnaceae that consists of 45 genera and 550 species. It is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical climates in the world. Ber can be successfully cultivated even in the most marginal lands of the tropics and subtropics with few agriculture inputs and little attention. The tree propagates freely and resists stress conditions in regions experiencing recurrent droughts. It is suitable to rehabilitate the vast resource-poor regions of the tropics and subtropics and is thus an important tree for integration into the agroforestry systems in...