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Description

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Description as for the family

bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Balanites Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=796
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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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 the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit, it was coined by Alire Delile in 1813.^[2]

The following species are included in the genus Balanites:^[3]

^ "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.

provided by wikipedia EN

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.