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aegyptiaca

Taxon

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile

Protologue Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 221, t. 28, f. 1. 1813 [1812 publ. late 1813 - early 1814]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Balanites aegyptiaca --Ethiopia. Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit. 14 Jul 04. 044.jpg

Balanites aegyptiaca --Ethiopia. Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit. 14 Jul 04. 044.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Balanites aegyptiaca --Ethiopia. Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit. 14 Jul 04. 060.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Balanites aegyptiaca --Ethiopia. Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit. 14 Jul 04. 058.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Balanites aegyptiaca --Ethiopia. Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit. 14 Jul 04. 047.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 014.jpg

Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 014.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 012.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 002.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 020.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 023.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 017.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 016.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 004.jpg

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Balanites aegyptiaca--Kenya. Hwy A1, 25 mi N of Kenya-Tanzania border. 1 Jul 04. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 44 botanical countries across Africa and Temperate Asia; introduced into Azores, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 1, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 14, 2004

Location

Ethiopia, Oromia

7.089722, 38.701111

Location Remarks

Bio, 6 km N of Modjo, rd twd Debre Zeit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Zygophyllales

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Genus

Balanites

Specific Epithet

aegyptiaca

Authorship

(L.) Delile

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#119,232 of 335,497

Top 36%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →