Balanites aegyptiaca (simple-thorned torchwood)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Tree habit Caption Tree habit of B. aegyptiaca. Copyright John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)	Tree habit	Tree habit of B. aegyptiaca.	John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)
Title Bark Caption Bark of B. aegyptiaca. Copyright John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)	Bark	Bark of B. aegyptiaca.	John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)
Title Leaves and fruit Caption B. aegyptiaca twigs with leaves and seperate fruit. Copyright John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)	Leaves and fruit	B. aegyptiaca twigs with leaves and seperate fruit.	John Parrotta/USDA Forest Service (IITF)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile

Preferred Common Name

• simple-thorned torchwood

Other Scientific Names

• Agialida membranacea Tieghem
• Agialida abyssinica Tieghem
• Agialida aegyptiaca (L.) Adason
• Agialida aegyptiaca (L.) O. Kuntze
• Agialida barteri van Tieghem
• Agialida chevalieri Tieghem
• Agialida cuneifolia (Poiret) Tieghem
• Agialida ferox Tieghem
• Agialida glomerata Tieghem
• Agialida latifolia Tieghem
• Agialida nigra Tieghem
• Agialida palestinica Tieghem
• Agialida schimperi Tieghem
• Agialida senegalensis van Tieghem
• Agialida tombouctensis van Tieghem
• Balanites ferox (Poir.) G. Don
• Balanites fischeri Mildbr. & Schltr.
• Balanites horrida Mildbr. & Schltr.
• Balanites latifolia (Tieghem) Chiov.
• Balanites quarrei De Wild.
• Balanites racemosa Chiov.
• Balanites roxburghii
• Balanites tomentosa Mildbr. & Schltr.
• Balanites ziziphoides Mildbr. & Schltr.
• Ximenia aegyptiaca L.
• Ximenia agihalid Miller
• Ximenia ferox Poir.

International Common Names

• English: desert date; Egyptian balsam; Jericho balsam; lalob tree; soap berry tree; thorn tree; torch wood
• French: dattier du desert; dattier sauvage; myrobalou d'Egypte
• Arabic: hadjilidge; heglig; hejlij; zacon

Local Common Names

• Curaçao: corona de Jesus; lamunch; shimaron
• Eritrea: kog
• Germany: Zachunbaum
• Ghana: gungu
• India: betu; hingotia; lalo; zachun
• Italy: dattero deserto
• Kenya: mjunju
• Mali: taborak
• Niger: garbey; murotanki; taborak
• Nigeria: aduwa; cingo; cungo
• Senegal: segire; serene; sumpo
• Sudan: heglig; shashob
• Tanzania: mkonga
• Uganda: mutete
• Zimbabwe: muvambangoma

EPPO code

• BALAE (Balanites aegyptiaca)

Trade name

• betu

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Geraniales
•                         Family: Balanitaceae
•                             Genus: Balanites
•                                 Species: Balanites aegyptiaca

List of Pests

Wild hosts

Uses List

Animal feed, fodder, forage

• Fodder/animal feed

Environmental

• Agroforestry
• Boundary, barrier or support
• Erosion control or dune stabilization
• Revegetation
• Shade and shelter
• Windbreak

Fuels

• Charcoal
• Fuelwood

Materials

• Carved material
• Dye/tanning
• Essential oils
• Gum/resin
• Miscellaneous materials
• Pesticide
• Rubber/latex
• Wood/timber

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

• Source of medicine/pharmaceutical

Wood Products