Nice one Mayur Ji Tanay On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good photographs and valuable information with appropriate references. > Very useful. > > On Jan 3, 3:21 pm, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > > > *Balanites aegyptiaca *(L. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus>) > > Delile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alire_Raffeneau_Delile>, 1812 > > Syn. *Ximenia aegyptiaca* L. > > Picture taken near Jodhpur (Rajasthan) > > > > * Balanites aegyptiaca* is a species of > > tree<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree>, > > classified either as a member of the > > Zygophyllaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygophyllaceae> or > > the Balanitaceae< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balanitaceae&action=edit&re.. > .>.This > > tree is native to much of Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa> > and > > parts of theMiddle East <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East>.This > is > > one of the most common trees in > > Senegal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal>.It > > can be found in many kinds of habitat, tolerating a wide variety of > > soil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil> types, > > from sand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand> to heavy > > clay<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay>, > > and climatic moisture levels, from arid < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid> to > > subhumid. It is relatively tolerant of flooding, livestock activity, and > > wildfire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire>. > > > > The yellow, single-seeded <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed> > > fruit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit> is edible, but > > bitter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste#Bitterness>. Many > > parts of the plant are used asfamine > > foods<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_food> in > > Africa; the leaves are eaten raw or cooked, the oily seed is boiled to > make > > it less bitter and eaten mixed with > > sorghum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum>, > > and the flowers can be eaten.The tree is considered valuable in arid > regions > > because it produces fruit even in dry times. The fruit can be > > fermented<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation> > > for alcoholic beverages < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage>. > > [Information compiled fromhttp:// > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanites_aegyptiaca > > ] > > > > Thank you > > -- > > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > > Research Student, > > Department of Botany, > > Shivaji University, > > Kolhapur. > > > > Balanites aegyptiaca.jpg > > 62KViewDownload > > > > Balanites aegyptiaca1.jpg > > 435KViewDownload -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
