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Balanites horrida

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Identification
Balanites horrida Mildbr. & Schltr. [family BALANITACEAE ] Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile [family BALANITACEAE ] Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. [family BALANITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sands, M.J.S.,
Related name
  • Balanites pedicellaris
  • Balanites aegyptiaca
  • Balanites horrida

Flora

Entry for BALANITES pedicellaris subsp. pedicellaris [family BALANITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2003) Author: MARTIN J.S. SANDS
Names
BALANITES pedicellaris subsp. pedicellaris [family BALANITACEAE], ; Sands in K.B. 56: 78, t. 12/a–k, map 7 (2001)
BALANITES horrida Mildbr. & Schltr. [family BALANITACEAE], in E.J. 51: 160 (1913); V.E. 3: 743, fig. 348c (1915); T.T.C.L.: 571 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Kilosa District, near Kilosa, Busse 170A (B†, holo., K!, iso.)
Information
Shrub or small tree to 8 m; leaflets usually more than 1.2 cm long. Pedicels usually more than 0.8 cm long at anthesis. Fig. 2/1 (page 11).
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1–3, 7; T 2, 3, 5–7
Altitude range
0–1450 m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Elamach, 8 km SSE of Lokichar, 19 June 1970, Mathew 6860!;KENYA Voi District Tsavo National Park East, Voi Gate, 5 Jan. 1967, Greenway & Kanuri 12971!;KENYA Kwale District between Samburu & Mackinnon Road, 2 Nov. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4109!TANZANIA Lushoto District 8 km SE of Mkomazi, 2 May 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2389! & W Usambaras, Mkomazi, 7 Sept. 1935, Greenway 4058!;TANZANIA Iringa District 10 km W of Mtera Bridge, 13 Aug. 1970, Thulin & Mhoro 718!UGANDA Karamoja District Rupa, March 1958, J. Wilson 406! & Moroto R., no date, Brasnett 80!
Distribution (external)
; Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Swaziland
South Africa
Notes
Two specimens of B. pedicellaris from the Tana River area near Ijara (K1) are similar to some specimens of B. rotundifolia. While superficially appearing to match Bally 2076 and 2116, Bally 2091 (B. rotundifolia var. setulifera, collected in the same area), exhibits greater separation of spines from the nodes, remains of a 4-merous disc at the base of the fruit and short stiff hairs on a few of the leaflets.

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