Herbaria

Family

Zygophyllaceae

subfamily

Tribuloideae

Genus

Balanites Delile

Species

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.)Delile

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.)Delile

citation

Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. :23 (1813)

herbariaSynonyms

Ximenia aegyptiaca L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv-Nn-Ol-On-Ra-Da-Ge)

CAIRC (Ra-Da-Ge)

CAIA (Ol-Ge)

ALEX (On)

TANE (Ra)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

CAIA (Dakhla Oasis -Gabel Elba Wadi Haikwel)

TANE (Marsa Allam)

herbariaDate

CAIA (\2\1953-15\9\1960-23\10\1956)

herbariaCollector

CAIA (A. Khattab-A. H. Montasir -A. S. Al-Nowaihi-L. Boulos)

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

CAIA

ALEX

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (72)

CAIRC (7)

CAIA (9)

ALEX (1)

TANE (7)

Habitat

Desert wadis and Plains

FlFrperiod

February-August

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Heglig هجليج

Shashert شاشرت

EnglishName

Egyptian Balsam/ Desert Date

herbariaUses

fruit edible

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

NE Africa, Arabia,Palestine

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15