Herbarium JCB

Balanites roxburghii Planchon

Family : SIMAROUBACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Zygophyllaceae
Species : Balanites roxburghii
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Balanites roxburghii Planch.
Common name : Desert Date
Vernacular name : Gouritvae (San.); Hingan (Hin.); Ingula (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 6811, KFP 1172, KFP 11321
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha & B.Gurudev Singh
Key identification features : A small tree with branchlets often ending in strong sharp spines. Leaves are 2-foliate. Flowers are small in axillary compact cymes, greenish and fragrant with a prominent 10-grooved conical disk at the center. Ovary is with a single locule and a pendulous ovule. Fruit is a 1-seeded drupe.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Pakistan, Myanmar
Comments : Wood used for making Walking Sticks. Fruits persist throughout the year.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Harenahalli (Tumkur)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Kodagu, Mysore, Tumkur
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg