Zygophyllaceae
Balanites
Balanites aegyptiaca

Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Africa, Israel to Arabian Peninsula. It is a tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Curtis, B. & Mannheimer, C. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia: 1-688. The National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. J. S. Sands & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Robertson, S.A.; Korschen, C. [7541] Kenya K000612920 No
Dec 1, 2004 Smith, P.A. [1745] Botswana K000511060 No
Dec 1, 2004 Smith, P.A. [2496] Botswana K000511061 No
Jan 1, 1993 Smith, P.A. [2414] Botswana K000511059 No
Jan 1, 1993 Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Sudan K000199531 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Smith, P.A. [2414] Botswana K000511058 No
Jan 1, 1993 Hagerup, O. [231] Mali K000386693 Yes
Oct 1, 1988 Sihvonen, J. [12] Burkina Faso K000386691 Yes
Oct 1, 1988 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4394] Burkina Faso K000386690 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [2663] Mali K000386694 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Suckert [73] Somalia K000199530 Unknown Type Material Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [12992] Ethiopia K001513456 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images