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    Balanites is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name Balanites derives from...
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    Balanites roxburghii is a spiny, evergreen tree. It is common in open sandy plains of the Indian peninsula, western Rajasthan, west Bengal, Maharashtra...
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    Commons has media related to Balanites aegyptiaca. Balanites aegyptiaca in West African plants – A Photo Guide. Balanites aegyptiacus in BoDD – Botanical...
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  • diarrhoea and stomach ache. Balanites glabra occurs in eastern Africa in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania. Balanites glabra occurs in deciduous...
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    Balanites maughamii (manduro, torchwood, Afrikaans: Groendoring, Zulu: Ugobandlovu) is a species of tree native to southern and eastern Africa. It ranges...
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    updating the name from E. balanites to Eucalyptus × balanites.) In 2012, Dean Nicolle and Malcolm French proposed that E. balanites is a hybrid of E. decipiens...
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  • to 6m tall. Balanites pedicellaris occurs from Ethiopia and Somalia south through eastern Africa to KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Balanites pedicellaris...
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  • Balanite is a village in Gabrovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 24, 2010 v t e...
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  • Balanites wilsoniana is a species of fruit-bearing tree from west and central Africa from the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). Balanites wilsoniana, commonly...
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  • colour. Balanites rotundifolia is found in eastern Africa from Somalia and Somaliland into Sudan, and also in Yemen, specifically Aden. Balanites rotundifolia...
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  • tapering base and a short stalk. Balanites angolensis is found in Angola, Botswana and north eastern Namibia. Balanites angolensis occurs along seasonal...
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    eastern Sudan. In Jordan, it is applied to the species Balanites aegyptiaca. Volney describes the Balanites aegyptiaca tree as a ”species called Zakkoun, which...
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    and Senegalia laeta. Other tree species include Commiphora africana, Balanites aegyptiaca, Faidherbia albida, and Boscia senegalensis. In the northern...
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    the sun from April to October, seeking the shelter of shrubs such as balanites and acacias. They are unusually pale. The other cheetah subspecies (northeast...
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    plains or in the hill thornveld, where, for example, species of genus Balanites are common. Some of the characteristic species in the thornveld include:...
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    perennial herb species, including: Trees and shrubs: Aerva javanica, Balanites roxburghii, Calotropis procera, Capparis decidua, Clerodendrum multiflorum...
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    dactylifera, Hyphaene thebaica, Capparis decidua, Salvadora persica, Balanites aegyptiaca, and many others. Many of the Saharo-Arabian species are endemic...
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    Tropenbos Foundation. pp. 156–157. Chapman, Lauren J. (August 1992). "Balanites wilsoniana - Elephant dependent Dispersion?". Journal of Tropical Ecology...
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    almost always placed in the main fork or top of an Acacia tree, though Balanites and Terminalia trees are sometimes also used, at 5 to 15 m (16 to 49 ft)...
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    Aristida pungens, Acacia tortilis, Panicum turgidum, Launaea arborescens and Balanites aegyptiaca. The dromedary eats Acacia, Atriplex and Salsola when they...
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    by reducing the amount of native aquatic plants. The seeds of the tree Balanites aegyptiaca have a molluscicide effect on Biomphalaria pfeifferi. Ethanolic...
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    species with economic value, including baobab (Adansonia digitata), balanite (Balanites aegyptiaca), African crabwood (Carapa procera), gum acacia (Senegalia...
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    Tihamah. Salvadora persica occurs in thickets, and there are odd trees of Balanites aegyptiaca and colonies of wild doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), as well...
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  • riparian forest of Vachellia nilotica, Vachellia seyal, Breonadia salicina, Balanites aegyptiaca, Boscia angustifolia, Ficus spp., and Vitex doniana. The ponds...
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    afra (large sourplum) Sond. Ximenia coriacea Engl. Ximenia roigii León Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile (as X. aegyptiaca L.) Ximenia americana leaves...
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    strelitzia Acacia nilotica wildex Delile, Tree Albizia lebbeck Benth, Tree Balanites aegyptiaca Pelile, Tree Cyperus papyrus Plant aquatic Hyphaene thebaica...
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  • family Buddleja indica, a species of evergreen shrub Balanites indica, a synonym for Balanites roxburghii, a spiny, evergreen tree Bignonia indica, a...
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    commonly found in this area include Capparis deciduas, Capparis sepiaria, Balanites aegyptiaca, Acacia senegal, A. nilotica, A. leucophloea, Prosopis juliflora...
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    pleasant." Oils would be made from lettuce or radish seed, safflower, ben, balanites and sesame. Animal fat was employed for cooking and jars used for storing...
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  • Balanos oil (category Balanites)
    Balanos oil is a semidrying oil pressed from the seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca; it was used in Ancient Egypt as the base for perfumes.[citation needed]...
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