- Family : BALANITACEAE
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Zygophyllaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ximenia aegyptiaca L.; Agialid aegyptiaca (L.) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
- Common name : Egyptian Balsam
- Habit : Shrub or Tree
- Habitat : Roadsides & hill slopes
- Comments / notes : It can be found in many kinds of habitat, tolerating a wide variety of soil types, from sand to heavy clay, and climatic moisture levels, from arid to subhumid.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Namakkal district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Virudhunagar district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Alwar district
- Native : Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moroc
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Africa, Israel to Arabian Peninsula and Azores, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 93
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 750-751
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Balanites aegyptiaca. Downloaded on 6 February 2025.
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