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Accepted name: 
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile [Zygophyllaceae]
Source of taxonomy and confidence: 
World Checklist ( Three stars out of three )
Information about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
See all 5
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
aamp'e f Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ader Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
adowa Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
adua Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
aduwa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
akantaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angaravrksa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angarvriksha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angulidala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anilantaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arraronyit Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baddan f Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baddan oxole f Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
betu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bhallakiviriksha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhanitez Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bito Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bito tree Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
corona di jesus Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
daruparnaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
datte du desert Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dattier du desert Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
dattier du désert Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dattier sauvage Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
desert date Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
desert date bark Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
desert tree Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
desert-date Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dyemo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ecomai Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
egyptian balsam Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
egyptian myrobalan Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekoreete Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekorete Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
elheglyg Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
emongot Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ganyamda Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gara-chettu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaurtvaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghossa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ghut Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
goleteki Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
goot Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
got Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hawi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
heghelig Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heglig Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
heglig tree Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
higlig Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
hingalbet Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingan Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingan bet Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingan-ka- per Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingan-ka-per Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hinganbet Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingane Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingen Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingol Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingora Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingorni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingot Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
hingota Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hingotia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingotio Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingoto Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hingudi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hinguputra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hotlimo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
héglik Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
i ngu da Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ikolwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ingala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingalarade Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingalare Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingaleeka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingalike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingalukke Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingua Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inguda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingudi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
ingudivrikshaha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingul Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingulada mara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inguni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iteru Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jalajantu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamalagota Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jericho balsam Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jerico balsam Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kantaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kingo Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kitti Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kivambang'ombe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kobowoo Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kokrodjo Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
korak Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
krisharaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kroshtuphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulan Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kullum Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kurio Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
lalo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
laloab Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
lalob Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalob tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalobe Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
lamunch Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
liggwa limu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
loba Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
logba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
logwat Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lolab tree Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
lugba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lugba, lalob Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lugwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mavumbang'oma Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mchunju Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mdori Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mduguya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mduguyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
meenu mara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mfughuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mirobalano de egipto Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mjijiva Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mjirya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mjuguyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mjunju Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkisingo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkonga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkongo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mnuwili Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mnyara Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mohoromo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mourotoki Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
munipadapa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musongole Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muwambangoma Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwambangoma Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
myrobolan d’egypt Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
myuguyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
myuguyugu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
namunta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanchundan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanchunta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nancuntan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjunda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjundan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nduguyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
njienjia Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nyijiva Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nyuguyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ohwirem Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
olkwai Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olng'oswa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olngoswa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
osaragi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
putigandha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putranjiva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putripatra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
q-og-g-ogat Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ringri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saronga Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
shashoba Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
shifaraoul Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shimaron Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shulari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simple thorned torchwood Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
simple-thorned torchwood Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
soap berry Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
soap-berry tree Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
soapberry Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
soapberry tree Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
soapberry-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tabarak Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
taborak Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tailabija Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanni Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tanupatra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapasadruma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapasamudrama Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapasataru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thorn tree Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thron tree Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tiktaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktarnajja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
to Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
too Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
toruvattu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinashaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yenguaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zachun Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zachun oil Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
zachun oil tree Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
zachunbaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zacum oil plant Other Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
zakkum Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
zomali Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
زقوم Other Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)