Good photographs and valuable information with appropriate references.
Very useful.
On Jan 3, 3:21 pm, Mayur Nandikar <
mayurnandi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> *Balanites aegyptiaca *(L. <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus>)
> Delile <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alire_Raffeneau_Delile>, 1812
> Syn. *Ximenia aegyptiaca* L.
> Picture taken near Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
>
> * Balanites aegyptiaca* is a species of
> tree<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree>,
> classified either as a member of the
> Zygophyllaceae<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygophyllaceae> or
> the Balanitaceae<
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balanitaceae&action=edit&re...>.This
> tree is native to much of Africa <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa> and
> parts of theMiddle East <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East>.This is
> one of the most common trees in
> Senegal<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal>.It
> can be found in many kinds of habitat, tolerating a wide variety of
> soil<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil> types,
> from sand <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand> to heavy
> clay<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay>,
> and climatic moisture levels, from arid <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid> to
> subhumid. It is relatively tolerant of flooding, livestock activity, and
> wildfire <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire>.
>
> The yellow, single-seeded <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed>
> fruit <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit> is edible, but
> bitter<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste#Bitterness>. Many
> parts of the plant are used asfamine
> foods<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_food> in
> Africa; the leaves are eaten raw or cooked, the oily seed is boiled to make
> it less bitter and eaten mixed with
> sorghum<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum>,
> and the flowers can be eaten.The tree is considered valuable in arid regions
> because it produces fruit even in dry times. The fruit can be
> fermented<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation>
> for alcoholic beverages <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage>.
> [Information compiled fromhttp://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanites_aegyptiaca
> ]
>
> Thank you
> --
> Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
> Research Student,
> Department of Botany,
> Shivaji University,
> Kolhapur.
>
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