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Balanites Aegyptiaca MHNT
''Balanites'' is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name ''Balanites'' derives from the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit, it was coined by Alire Delile in 1813. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Balanites'': * ''Balanites aegyptiaca'' ( L.) Delile *''Balanites angolensis'' (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr. *''Balanites glabra'' Mildbr. & Schltr. * ''Balanites maughamii'' Sprague *''Balanites pedicellaris'' Mildbr. & Schltr. *''Balanites rotundifolia'' (Tiegh.) Blatt. * ''Balanites roxburghii'' Planch. *''Balanites triflora'' Tiegh. *''Balanites wilsoniana ''Balanites wilsoniana'' is a species of fruit-bearing tree from west and central Africa from the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). Description ''Balanites wilsoniana'', commonly called the Boko Tree, is a tall forest tree with high buttresses, w ...'' Dawe & Sprague References External links * * * {{Taxonba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Aegyptiaca
''Balanites aegyptiaca'' (also known as the Egyptian balsam) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East. There are many common names for this plant. In English the fruit has been called desert date, soap berry tree or bush, Thron tree, Egyptian myrobalan, Egyptian balsam or Zachum oil tree; in Arabic it is known as ''lalob'', ''hidjihi'', ''inteishit'', and ''heglig'' (''hijlij''). In Jieng it is called ''Thou or thau'', in Hausa it is called ''aduwa,'' in Tamasheq, the Tuareg language ''taboraq'', in Fulfulde (Pulaar) ''Murtooki'' or ''Tanni'', in Swahili ''mchunju'', in Kamba ''Kilului'' and in Amharic ''bedena''. Distribution ''Balanites aegyptiaca'' is found in Northern Eastern Africa, Egypt, and also the Sahel-Savannah region across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It can be found in many kinds of habitat, tolerating a wide variety of soil types, from s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Glabra
''Balanites glabra'' is a species of tree or shrub, classified either as a member of the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. This tree is native to East Africa. Description ''Balanites glabra'' is a spiny shrub or tree growing to a maximum height of 9m. The bark is grey or greyish green and is rough, cork-like and fissured on the trunk but greener and smoother on the branches, the spines and young shoots are green and glabrous, becoming greyer and hairier by their second year. The leaves are teardrop shaped with the stalk attached to the tapering end (i.e. obovate.) Flower's are borne in clusters of 4, sometimes 5, on a pedicel and are yellowish green to white. The young fruit is round but becomes more ellipsoid as it ripens when it changes colour to yellow, orange or pale red. The fruit is mildly poisonous to humans and may cause fever, diarrhoea and stomach ache. Distribution ''Balanites glabra'' occurs in eastern Africa in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania. Habit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Wilsoniana
''Balanites wilsoniana'' is a species of fruit-bearing tree from west and central Africa from the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). Description ''Balanites wilsoniana'', commonly called the Boko Tree, is a tall forest tree with high buttresses, which continue up on the trunk as twisted fluting; the young trees have forked spines; if the bark is cut the tree exudes copious, scented, gum. The leaves are bifoliolate, and are frequently slightly unequal-sided at their base. The buttresses can sometime be spiny, the trunk can grow to 1m in diameter and the tree can grow to 30-40m in height, with an irregular crown. It has yellow green flowers borne in stalked clusters, the petals are pubescent on their inner surface. The fruit is a green drupe, 6–10 cm in length, ripening to yellow and has an unpleasant smell. A fibrous coat surrounds the stone. The stone, or seed, is up to 8.8 cm (3.46 inches) in length by 4.7 cm (1.81 inches) in diameter; one of the largest known. Distributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Triflora
''Balanites'' is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name ''Balanites'' derives from the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit, it was coined by Alire Delile in 1813. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Balanites'': * ''Balanites aegyptiaca'' ( L.) Delile *''Balanites angolensis'' (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr. *''Balanites glabra'' Mildbr. & Schltr. * ''Balanites maughamii'' Sprague *''Balanites pedicellaris'' Mildbr. & Schltr. *''Balanites rotundifolia'' (Tiegh.) Blatt. * '' Balanites roxburghii'' Planch. *''Balanites triflora'' Tiegh. *''Balanites wilsoniana ''Balanites wilsoniana'' is a species of fruit-bearing tree from west and central Africa from the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). Description ''Balanites wilsoniana'', commonly called the Boko Tree, is a tall forest tree with high buttresses, w ...'' Dawe & Sprague References External links * * * {{Taxonb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Émile Planchon
Jules Émile Planchon (21 March 1823 – 1 April 1888) was a French botanist born in Ganges, Hérault. Biography After receiving his Doctorate of Science at the University of Montpellier in 1844, he worked for a while at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanical Gardens in London, and for a few years was a teacher in Nancy, France, Nancy and Ghent. In 1853 he became head of the department of botanical sciences at the University of Montpellier, where he remained for the remainder of his career. Planchon was highly regarded in scientific circles, and made a number of contributions in his classification of botanical species and varieties. He is credited with publishing over 2000 botanical names, including ''Actinidia chinensis'', better known as the "golden kiwifruit". Planchon is remembered for his work in saving French grape vineyards from ''Phylloxera vastatrix'', a microscopic, yellow aphid-like pest that was an exotic species from the United States. He performed this ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Roxburghii
''Balanites roxburghii'' is a spiny, evergreen tree. It is common in open sandy plains of the Indian peninsula, western Rajasthan, west Bengal, Maharashtra , Gujarat and drier parts of India. The specific epithet ''roxburghii'' refers to the Scottish botanist William Roxburgh William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. .... References *Sands, Martin J. S. 2001. The Desert Date and Its Relatives: A Revision of the Genus ''Balanites''. ''Kew Bulletin'', 56: 1–128. roxburghii Flora of India (region) Flora of Rajasthan Flora of Pakistan Medicinal plants of Asia Drought-tolerant trees {{rosid-stub. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Rotundifolia
''Balanites rotundifolia'', known in Swahili as Mbamba ngoma is a spiny bush or small tree from eastern Africa and southern Arabia. It is a member of the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Description ''Balanites rotundifolia'' is a small tree or shrub with a multi-stemmed growth form and spiny branches which grows to 2-5m. The small, round or heart shaped leaves are green, rather hairy, grow in pairs and lack stalks. The stout thorns are green, straight and grow to 3 cm in length. The greenish white flowers grow from the thorns and the small hairy fruit is 2 cm in length. When the fruit is ripe it is orange-yellow in colour. Distribution ''Balanites rotundifolia'' is found in eastern Africa from Somalia and Somaliland into Sudan, and also in Yemen, specifically Aden. Habitat and ecology ''Balanites rotundifolia'' occurs in arid tree savanna or scrub; semi-desert scrub; deciduous bushland and open woodland. It is often found growing in thin soils over lava or near rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Pedicellaris
''Balanites pedicellaris'', the small green-thorn or small torchwood is a small tree or shrub from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a member of the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. Description ''Balanites pedicellaris'' is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, although some specimens may have a single fluted trunk. The branches are yellowish or greyish-green, bearing simple green spines. The leaves are alternate or grow on the spines, bifoliolate; the leaflets obovate, pale green, rather fleshy, down covered with a short downy petiole. The greenish-white flowers have 6 petals and are bunched in small, axillary clusters, approximately 1.4 cm in diameter. The fruit is a drupe, which is round or ellipsoid and normally flattened on either end, it measures 1·2–2·5 × 1·5–2 cm., the unripe fruit is usually covered in downy hairs but these are lost on the ripe fruit which is orange in colour. Grows up to 6m tall. Distribution ''Balanites pedicellaris'' occurs from Ethiopia and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Archibald Sprague
Thomas Archibald Sprague (7 October 1877, Edinburgh – 22 October 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) was a Scottish botanist. In 1938 he married botanist Mary Letitia Green, and together they authored several supplements to the ''Index Kewensis''. In 1954, botanist Balle (Simone Balle) published ''Spragueanella'', which is a genus of flowering plants from Tropical Africa belonging to the family Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W .... Abbreviation References 1877 births 1958 deaths Scottish botanists Scientists from Edinburgh {{Scotland-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Maughamii
''Balanites maughamii'' (manduro, torchwood, af, Groendoring, zu, Ugobandlovu) is a protected tree in South Africa. Groendoring, a community outside Asab Asab ( Nama: ''new thing'') is a settlement in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated on the B1 national road about halfway between Mariental and Keetmanshoop. east of Asab is the Mukurob rock pinnacle, a tourist attraction t ... in Southern Namibia is named after this tree. References maughamii Endemic flora of South Africa Protected trees of South Africa {{rosid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanites Angolensis
''Balanites angolensis'', or Angolan green-thorn, is a species of tree from southern Africa, it is a member of the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Description ''Balanites angolensis'' is a small semi-deciduous tree or shrub which grows to up to 8m in height. It has rough, corrugated bark which is green or greenish yellow on young shoots which are covered in dense hairs with yellow or green thorns which are up to 9 cm long. The flowers are greenish-yellow to whitish and are borne in small axillary clusters, each flower consisting of 5 petals and 5 sepals. The fruit is 30mm long, ovoid in shape and is orange when ripe. The leaves are alternate, consisting of one pair of leaflets, 12-17mm in length, leathery, yellowish green and downy. The leaves are ovoid with a pointed tip and tapering base and a short stalk. Distribution ''Balanites angolensis'' is found in Angola, Botswana and north eastern Namibia. Habitat ''Balanites angolensis'' occurs along seasonal watercourses and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alire Raffeneau Delile
Alire Raffeneau Delile (23 January 1778, in Versailles – 5 July 1850, in Montpellier) was a French botanist. Biography Delile studied botany with Jean Lemonnier, and was in the Paris medical school in 1796. Egypt Delile participated in Napoleon Bonaparte's Egypt Campaign where he described Lotus and Papyrus. Director of the Cairo botanical garden, he wrote the botanical sections of ''Travel in Lower and Upper Egypt'' by Dominique Vivant. He made a cast of the Rosetta Stone which allowed the reproduction of its Greek and Demotic inscriptions in his ''Description de l'Égypte''. United States In 1802, Delile was appointed French vice consul at Wilmington, North Carolina, and also asked to form an herbarium of all American plants that could be naturalized in France. He sent to Paris several cases of seeds and grains, and discovered some new graminea and presented them to Palisot de Beauvois, who described them in his ''Agrostographie''. Raffeneau made extensive explorations throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
