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    Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Egyptian balsam) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae...
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    genus Balanites: Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr. Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr. Balanites maughamii...
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    Sudan. In Jordan, it is applied to the species Balanites aegyptiaca. Volney describes the Balanites aegyptiaca tree as a ”species called Zakkoun, which produces...
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    with economic value, including baobab (Adansonia digitata) balanite (Balanites aegyptiaca), African crabwood (Carapa procera); gum acacia (Senegalia senegal);...
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    found in this area include Capparis deciduas, Capparis sepiaria, Balanites aegyptiaca, Acacia senegal, A. nilotica, A. leucophloea, Prosopis juliflora...
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    and Acacia laeta. Other tree species include Commiphora africana, Balanites aegyptiaca, Faidherbia albida, and Boscia senegalensis. In the northern part...
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    dactylifera, Hyphaene thebaica, Capparis decidua, Salvadora persica, Balanites aegyptiaca, and many others. Many of the Saharo-Arabian species are endemic...
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  • tapering base and a short stalk. Balanites angolensis is found in Angola, Botswana and north eastern Namibia. Balanites angolensis occurs along seasonal...
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  • Heglig is the Arabic name of the "desert date", the fruit of the Balanites aegyptiaca tree, which is found in most parts of Africa and the Middle East...
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    Acacia (Acacia raddiana, Acacia nilotica, Acacia ehrenbergiana) and Balanites aegyptiaca. The herbaceous plants are dominated by Cenchrus biflorus and Panicum...
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    Sond. Ximenia coriacea Engl. Ximenia roigii León Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile (as X. aegyptiaca L.) Ximenia americana leaves at Chilkur near Hyderabad...
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    Cressa cretica. In the mountains of the Eastern Desert grows the tree Balanites aegyptiaca, the open patchy woodland being remnants of forests that used to...
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  • Salvadora persica occurs in thickets, and there are odd trees of Balanites aegyptiaca and colonies of wild doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), as well as planted...
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    (March 1970). "Isolation and characterization of yamogenin from balanites aegyptiaca". Phytochemistry. 9 (3): 645–649. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85706-4...
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    pungens, Acacia tortilis, Panicum turgidum, Launaea arborescens and Balanites aegyptiaca. The dromedary eats Acacia, Atriplex and Salsola when they are available...
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    developing in the Aïr. Vachellia tortilis, subsp. raddiana (afagag) and Balanites aegyptiaca (aborak[what language is this?]) are among the most frequent tree...
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    senegalensis, Parinari macrophylla, Piliostigma reticulatum, and Balanites aegyptiaca. In the late 1990s, an anti-desertification project for the area...
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  • Fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca from Saqqara. Mastaba of Perneb, 5th dynasty of Egypt. MET....
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    damaged hair, depilatory waxes. Balanos oil, pressed from the seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca, was used in ancient Egypt as the base for perfumes.[citation needed]...
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    sagittifolium Ensete ventricosum Acrocomia aculeata Bactris gasipaes Balanites aegyptiaca Butyrospermum paradoxum Carthamus tinctorius Citrullus colocynthis...
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    the seeds throughout the empire. Other protected trees were aduwa (Balanites aegyptiaca), kurna or magaria (Ziziphus spina-christi and Ziziphus mauritiana)...
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    bacterial diversity in soil under Acacia tortilis ssp. raddiana and Balanites aegyptiaca in the dryland part of Senegal". Environmental Microbiology. 6 (4):...
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  • host plants of the larvae of this species include Balanitaceae (Balanites aegyptiaca), Zygophyllaceae (Zygophyllum album) and Rhamnaceae (Zizyphus sp...
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    hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Ethiopia use fruits and leaves of Balanites aegyptiaca to control schistosomiasis. Its fruits contain diosgenin, a hormone...
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    (Acacia tortilis), salam (Acacia ehrenbergiana), Egyptian balsam (Balanites aegyptiaca), and (Maerua crassifolia). Along the southern edge are steppes featuring...
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    woody species characteristic of the Sahel, such as Egyptian balsam (Balanites aegyptiaca), grey-leaved cordia (Cordia sinensis), red-leaved fig (Ficus ingens)...
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    lebbeck Benth, Tree Balanites aegyptiaca Pelile, Tree Cyperus papyrus Plant aquatic Hyphaene thebaica Mart. , Palm Luffa aegyptiaca Auth , Climber Orman...
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    espèces fruitières de cueillette des zones sahélo- soudaniennes: Balanites aegyptiaca, Detarium senegalense et Tamarindus indica. Tropicultura, 22(4),...
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    reducing the amount of native aquatic plants. The seeds of the tree Balanites aegyptiaca have a molluscicide effect on Biomphalaria pfeifferi. Ethanolic extract...
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    Nutrient content of two indigenous plant foods of the Western Sahel: Balanites aegyptiaca and Maerua crassifolia. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis...
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