Balanites is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name Balanites derives from the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit, it was coined by Alire Delile in 1813.[2]
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| Balanites aegyptiaca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tribuloideae |
| Genus: | Balanites Delile[1] |
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Species
editThe following species are included in the genus Balanites:[3]
- Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
- Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr.
- Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr.
- Balanites maughamii Sprague[4]
- Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr.
- Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt.
- Balanites roxburghii Planch.
- Balanites triflora Tiegh.
- Balanites wilsoniana Dawe & Sprague
References
edit- ^ "Genus: Balanites Delile". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ "Balanites aegyptiaca" (PDF). Agroforestry Database 4.0. worldagroforestry.org. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Species in Balanites". The Plant List. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Balanites". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
External links
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Media related to Balanites at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Balanites at Wikispecies- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Balanites". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
