Balanites (Sturtevant, 1919)
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| Balanites (Sturtevant, 1919) |
Balanites aegyptica Delile.
Simarubaceae. ZACHUN-OIL TREE.
Northern Africa, Arabia and Palestine. A shrubby, thorny bush of the southern border of the Sahara from the Atlantic to Hindustan. It is called in equatorial Africa m'choonchoo; the edible drupe tastes like an intensely bitter date.
