One of the recently introduced new crop of oil-seed in the deserts of India is jojoba. Select the correct botanical name of this plant.

Simmondsia chinensis

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Leucaena leucophala

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Dendrocalamus

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Simmondsia chinensis
Jojoba, with the botanical name Simmondsia chinensis and also known as goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry and gray box bush is native to Southwestern North America.
Simmondsia chinensis is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales.
Jojoba is grown commercially to produce jojoba oil, a liquid wax ester extracted from its seed.

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List-I(Economic product)	List-II(Botanical name of the plant)
a. Jojoba wax	$1$ . Phytelephas macrocarpa
b. Vegetable ivory	$2$ . Simmondsia chinensis
c. Palm Oil	$3$ . Hevea brasiliensis
d. Guayule rubber	$4$ . Elaeis guineensis
	$5$ . Parthenium argentatum