Balanites Delile
Genus from about 10(25) species of trees or shrubs, spiny with deciduous or semideciduous leaves, with simple or branched spines, derived from the axillary buds of the leaves. It is represented in North Africa by a single species; B. aegyptiaca, of Saharan-tropical Distribution.
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Updated by: J.F. Mota, F.J. Pérez García & J. Charco.