desert date (Balanites roxburghii)
Balanites roxburghii is a thorny tree or shrub native to arid regions of Asia, valued for its edible fruit and oil-yielding seeds, also used in traditional medicine.
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Synonyms
Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze
Balanites indica Tiegh.
Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh.
Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks.
Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle
Ximenia rigidum Royle
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderZygophyllales
- familyZygophyllaceae
- genusBalanites
- speciesBalanites roxburghii