| Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile |
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Family : Balanitaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
| Protologue : Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.: 221, t. 28, f. 1 (1813) |
| Information on the genus : Balanites |
| Basionym : Ximenia aegyptiaca L. |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile var. aegyptiaca (1813) |
| Ximenia aegyptiaca L. (1753) |
| Agialid aegyptiaca (L.) Adans. (1763) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Myrobalanus chebulus Vesling |
| =Balanites fischeri Mildbr. & Schltr. (1913) |
| =Balanites suckertii Chiov. (1935) |
| =Balanites zizyphoides Mildbr. & Schltr. (1913) |
| =Agialida arabica Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Balanites arabica (Tiegh.) Blatt. (1919) |
| =Agialida latifolia Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Balanites latifolia (Tiegh.) Chiov. (1932) |
| =Agialid membranacea Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialid abyssinica Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida cuneifolia Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida nigra Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida schimperi Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida barteri Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida chevalieri Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida glomerata Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida tombouctensis Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida palestinaca Tiegh. (1906) |
| =Agialida abyssinica Tiegh. (1906) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile var. aegyptiaca (1813) |
| Balanites aegyptiaca var. ferox (Poir.) DC. (1824) |
| Balanites aegyptiaca var. pallida Sands (1983) |
| Balanites aegyptiaca var. quarrei (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert (1958) |
| Balanites aegyptiaca var. tomentosa (Mildbr. & Schltr.) Sands (2001) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Semi-evergreen (can be ±deciduous in low rainfall areas) thorny shrub or tree 3-15 m tall; trunk often fluted, to 60 cm ; stems divaricately and very intricately branched; branches long, spiny, ±tortuous, brittle, sparingly leafy to ±naked, drooping at th |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Wooded savanna; open forest, on termite-mounds; open Acacia- Commiphora bushland, often along stream beds; bushed grassland; 1-2000 m alt. (see more in the book) |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Teline: Biodiversité végétale du sud-ouest marocain |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°174172 modified 2008-03-25 |
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