mystery fruiting tree (forum)

guyekj starts with ...
I am a property photographer and I come across a lot of fruit trees that have an abundance of fruit and no one to pick them. So I often get a lot of free fruit.
Came across this tree today and can't find any info on what it is or if its edible.
The fruit are about the size of a date or big olive. Reddish brown in color. The older fruit has begun to get wrinkled. The fruit when broken open smells "fruity", has the consistency of a drier date. The pit looks like a date/olive pit, elongated. Any help? Thanks!

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Time: 25th November 2009 11:27am

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Jimmy says...
chinese jujube

Time: 25th November 2009 11:41am

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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Guyekj

it is a Chinese date/Jujube tree where it fruits can be eaten out of hand, dried fruits can be added to cereal, can be cooked the same way as sultanas and adding to boiling water to make tea. I was told tea made from jujube leaves help to loose weight (?)

Time: 25th November 2009 11:44am

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Tropicdude says...
Lucky you Guyekj, those look delicious

Time: 26th November 2009 3:13pm

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au0rey says...
chinese jujube is red dates? they grow in Australia??? I use red dates a lot...how tall do they get?

Time: 26th November 2009 3:37pm

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guyekj says...
Thanks guys! I'm going to head back to the property and harvest some more of them now that I know what they are! Anyone have any recipes?

Time: 2nd December 2009 7:28am

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shellea says...
its a jujube
Ziziphus (from Greek) zizyfon commonly called jujube, red date, or chinese date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily for its fruits.


http://everydayisadream-mylife.blogspot.com/2010/10/guess-what-fruit-is-this.html

Time: 30th September 2013 10:50am

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John Mc says...
Pick the dried wrinkly ones, they are the sweetest, you can snack on them while driving around in your car, lucky you. Mine are small, but produce a good crop of fruit. No fruit fly? they are a fruit fly magnet.

Time: 30th September 2013 11:57am

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Tommoz says...
I am currently in a coastal town in Montenegro and a lot of fresh jujube are sold at the markets. Here the fruit is called

Time: 2nd October 2013 12:36am

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