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Internal ID UUID643fed4da9669300758196
Scientific name Balanites roxburghii
Authority Planch.
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 2: 258 (1854)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Balanites aegyptiaca var. indica Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 32. 1845
Balanites aegyptiaca var. roxburghii (Planch.) Duthie Fl. Gangetic Plain 1: 145. 1903
Balanites indica Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 9, 4: 252 (1906)
Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 9, 4: 252 (1906)
Balanites rigida Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 447 (Index). 1840 [Mar-Apr 1840]
Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 154. 1835 (1835)
Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 103 (1891)
Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 1257 (1895)
Zygophyllum rigidum Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 154 (1835)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic هجليج روكسبوري
Kannada ಇಂಗಳ
Malayalam ഓടമരം
Telugu గారచెట్టు

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World Flora Online wfo-0000313687
UNII H6O5NI1T9O
Tropicos 34600006
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813594-1
The Plant List kew-19478
Open Tree Of Life 7057234
NCBI Taxonomy 2603000
IPNI 813594-1
GBIF 5687525
Freebase /m/080bmp1
Wikipedia Balanites_roxburghii

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A lexical review on Vishaghna Dravyas of Kaideva Nighantu Yadav S, Sharma A, Vishnoi R, Rani J Ayu 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10468017
doi:10.4103/ayu.ayu_199_22
PMID:37655171
Effects of a Polyherbal Dietary Additive on Performance, Dietary Energetics, Carcass Traits, and Blood Metabolites of Finishing Lambs Dorantes-Iturbide G, Orzuna-Orzuna JF, Lara-Bueno A, Miranda-Romero LA, Mendoza-Martínez GD, Hernández-García PA Metabolites 03-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143098
doi:10.3390/metabo12050413
PMID:35629917
Ecological Networks in Urban Forest Fragments Reveal Species Associations between Native and Invasive Plant Communities Chauhan S, Yadav G, Babu S Plants (Basel) 17-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8879267
doi:10.3390/plants11040541
PMID:35214874
A Critical Review and Scientific Prospective on Contraceptive Therapeutics from Ayurveda and Allied Ancient Knowledge Bhatt N, Deshpande M Front Pharmacol 03-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8210421
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.629591
PMID:34149405
Medicinal plants as a fight against murine blood-stage malaria Dkhil MA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Shaebi EM, Abdel-Gaber R, Thagfan FA, Qasem MA Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938113
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.014
PMID:33732056
Influence of ageing on longissimus lumborum quality from Holstein-Friesian young bulls fed different diets Modzelewska-Kapituła M, Tkacz K, Nogalski Z, Karpińska-Tymoszczyk M, Więk A J Food Sci Technol 10-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6582204
doi:10.1007/s13197-019-03778-7
PMID:31274889
Fagonia indica Repairs Hepatic Damage through Expression Regulation of Toll-Like Receptors in a Liver Injury Model Azam F, Sheikh N, Ali G, Tayyeb A J Immunol Res 02-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6051044
doi:10.1155/2018/7967135
PMID:30057922
Community Impacts of Prosopis juliflora Invasion: Biogeographic and Congeneric Comparisons Kaur R, Gonzáles WL, Llambi LD, Soriano PJ, Callaway RM, Rout ME, Gallaher TJ, Inderjit PLoS One 12-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3440363
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044966
PMID:22984595
Complementary and Alternative Medicines: The Herbal Male Contraceptives Lampiao F Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 03-Jul-2011
PMCID:PMC3252724
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v8i5S.3
PMID:22754055
A review on Balanites aegyptiaca Del (desert date): phytochemical constituents, traditional uses, and pharmacological activity Chothani DL, Vaghasiya HU Pharmacogn Rev 01-Jan-2011
PMCID:PMC3210005
doi:10.4103/0973-7847.79100
PMID:22096319
Reproductive Biology of Butea monosperma (Fabaceae) TANDON R, SHIVANNA KR, MOHAN RAM HY Ann Bot 01-Nov-2003
PMCID:PMC4244857
doi:10.1093/aob/mcg193
PMID:14500327

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