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Filed as Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]

Date Updated: 10 May 2010

Herbarium
Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Botany (S), S08-10761
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
Gillett, J.B., #12874
Collection Date
1952/04/21
Locality
[Northern Frontier Province, Moyale]
Country
Kenya (Kenya)
Collection altitude
12467m
Identifications
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE] (stored under name)
Notes
[Habitat acc. to label:] Montane scrub. Not found in the plains [Description acc. to label:] Tree 8 m. tall. Flowers green. [Verbatim Label:] 12874. [determination]. BADAN (Boran) or BaDaNa (Boran) Moyale.{/}21.4.1952. alt. 3800'.{/}Montane scrub. NOT found in the plains.{/}Tree 8 m tall. Flowers green.{/}Frequent. Leaves not eaten by people whereas those of No. 13252 (B ) are. When it is wished to apecify this as distinct from No. 13252 it is called BADAN LOO. [Other comments:] Mounted on the same sheet as herbarium number S08-10758 (type of Balanites gilletti) [Johannes Lundberg 2010-04-28: According to M.J.S. Sands, in Kew Bull. 56(1): 61, Gillett 12874 is collected in Kenya ("Kenya. Northern Frontier Province, Moyale, 21 April 1952, J. B. Gillett 12874 (EA, K, PRE)."]
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Data last modified
2010-05-10
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