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Balanites aegyptiaca (desert date)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Balanites roxburghii is a spiny, evergreen tree. It is common in open sandy plains of the Indian peninsula, western Rajasthan, west Bengal, Maharashtra and drier parts of India. The specific epithet roxburghii refers to the Scottish botanist William Roxburgh.
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Infraspecies

Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca
Balanites aegyptiaca var. ferox
Balanites aegyptiaca var. pallida
Balanites aegyptiaca var. quarrei
Balanites aegyptiaca var. tomentosa

Predators

Poicephalus rufiventris (Red-bellied Parrot)[1]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0