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    Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Egyptian balsam and Lalob in Sudan) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or...
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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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  • 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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    found in this area include Capparis deciduas, Capparis sepiaria, Balanites aegyptiaca, Acacia senegal, A. nilotica, A. leucophloea, Prosopis juliflora...
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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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    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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    dactylifera, Hyphaene thebaica, Capparis decidua, Salvadora persica, Balanites aegyptiaca, and many others. Many of the Saharo-Arabian species are endemic...
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    Senegalia laeta. Other tree species include Commiphora africana, Balanites aegyptiaca, Faidherbia albida, and Boscia senegalensis. In the northern part...
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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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    Acacia (Acacia raddiana, Acacia nilotica, Acacia ehrenbergiana) and Balanites aegyptiaca. The herbaceous plants are dominated by Cenchrus biflorus and Panicum...
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