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Taxon:  Balanites aegyptiacus (L.) Delile



Summary
Genus:
Balanites
Family:
Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily:
Tribuloideae
Nomen number:
6322
Place of publication:
Descr. Egypte, Hist. nat. 221, t. 28, fig. 1. 1813-1814 ("1812") "aegyptiaca"
Comment:
a masculine genus according to Melbourne ICN Art. 62.4
Verified:
08/24/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ximenia aegyptiaca L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976- Note: "aegyptiaca"
  2. Borlaug, N. et al., eds. 2008. Fruits: Balanites (desert date, lalob). Lost crops of Africa. 1996- 3:23-39.
  3. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  4. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
  5. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: "aegyptiaca"
  7. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000) Note: "aegyptiaca"
  11. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  13. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  15. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  16. Sands, M. J. S. 2001. The desert date and its relatives: a revision of the genus Balanites. Kew Bull. 56:51-74.
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  18. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997 Note: "aegyptiaca"
  19. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: "aegyptiaca"
Common names
English
desert-date –
soapberry-tree –
Arabic
heglig –
French
dattier du désert –
dattier sauvage –
héglik –
German
Zachunbaum –
India
betu –
hingotia –
lalo –
zachun –
Spanish
mirobalano de Egipto –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Jordan
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
fruit (fide Kew Bull 56:54-55. 2001) –
Materials
beads (fide Kew Bull 56:54-55. 2001) –
Medicines
potential source of pharmaceutical agent (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; Kew Bull 56:54. 2001) –
Non-vertebrate poisons
disease vector control (potential use against invertebrate-borne diseases, bilharzia & Guinea-worm, fide Kew Bull 56:54-55. 2001) –
Vertebrate poisons
fish (fide Kew Bull 56:54-55. 2001) –


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