About Desert Date
Balanites roxburghii is a spiny, evergreen tree in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is common in open sandy plains of the Indian peninsula, western Rajasthan, west Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and drier parts of India. The specific epithet roxburghii refers to the Scottish botanist William Roxburgh.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Balanites roxburghii
- Genus
- Balanites
- Family
- SIMAROUBACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub and Dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- हिंगोट Hingot, हिंगन hingan, हिंगन का पेड़ Hingan-ka-per
- Tamil
- Nanchundan, Nancuntan
- Telugu
- Gara, Gara-chettu, గారచెట్టు
- Kannada
- ಇಂಗಳ Ingala, ಇಂಗಳರಾಡ Ingalarada, ಇಂಗಳಾರ Ingalara
- Malayalam
- namunta, nanchunta, Nanjunta
- Marathi
- Hingalbet, Hingam, Hingu
Botanical family
Simaroubaceae
Quassia Family
Desert Date belongs to the Simaroubaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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