Balanites roxburghii is a spiny, evergreen tree. 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.[2]

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Balanites roxburghii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Zygophyllales
Family:	Zygophyllaceae
Genus:	Balanites
Species:	B. roxburghii
Binomial name
Balanites roxburghii Planch.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze Balanites indica Tiegh. Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh. Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks. Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle

References

• Sands, Martin J. S. 2001. The Desert Date and Its Relatives: A Revision of the Genus Balanites. Kew Bulletin, 56: 1–128.

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