Balanites
Balanites is a 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.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
simple-thorned greenthorn
speciesBalanites aegyptiaca
greenthorn
speciesBalanites maughamii
desert date
speciesBalanites roxburghii
Balanites pedicellaris
speciesBalanites pedicellaris
Balanites angolensis
speciesBalanites angolensis
Balanites rotundifolia
speciesBalanites rotundifolia
Balanites wilsoniana
speciesBalanites wilsoniana
Balanites triflora
speciesBalanites triflora
Balanites glabra
speciesBalanites glabra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 340262.