Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. |
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Family : Balanitaceae |
Family (APGIII) : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 162 (1913)  |
Information on the genus : Balanites |
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Status
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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 pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. subsp. pedicellaris (1913) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Balanites australis Bremek. (1933) |
=Balanites horrida Mildbr. & Schltr. (1913) |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. subsp. pedicellaris (1913) |
Balanites pedicellaris subsp. somalensis (Mildbr. & Schltr.) Sands (1983) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Much-branched shrub, or tree, deciduous, with pendulous branches, 1-9 m tall, multistemmed or with a fluted trunk (variable in shape and size); crown rounded; branches rather stiff, usually spiny, spines rather stout, 5-14 cm long, arising 0,5-1,2(-2,6). |
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Ecology : |
Dry bushy or open woodland; deciduous bushland and scrub on sandy or alluvial soils; (saline) alluvial flood plains or dark hard-pan, amongst scattered trees often near luggas; 1-1450(-1700) m alt. S. Africa, Swaziland. |
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Record n°174174 |
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