Simondsia chinensis is a woody, evergreen shrub that grows 1-2 meters tall and wide and produces a dense covering of leathery, gray-green oval to elliptical leaves (1). The branches are stiff and give the shrub rounded form (2). This plant has dioecious flowers; pale green, bell-shaped flowers on the female plant of this species are borne singly at the end of each leaf node. In contrast, the yellow-green flowers on the male plant are produced in clusters. When summer arrives, female Jojoba plants bear acorn-shaped and sized fruits (1). Jojoba is a dense, rounded, sometimes irregular shrub, with a height of four to six feet and a width of six feet. Female plants are larger and more deeply-rooted than male plants, which outnumber female plants in cultivation five to one (5).
