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Description

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Root-parasitic shrubs or small trees, usually with axillary spines. Leaves obtuse or mucronulate. Flowers axillary. Calyx 4(-5)-lobed, not accrescent. Petals 4(-5), linear-oblong, later recurved, densely bearded within, ± glabrous outside. Stamens 8 (in ours); staminodes 0. Fruit a drupe with a large stone.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ximenia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=507
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Ximenia

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Ximenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae. The generic name honors Francisco Ximénez, a Spanish priest.^[2]

Selected species

Ximenia americana L.
Ximenia caffra (large sourplum) Sond.
Ximenia coriacea Engl.
Ximenia roigii León^[3]

Formerly placed here

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile (as X. aegyptiaca L.)^[3]

Image gallery

Ximenia americana leaves at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India.
Ximenia americana leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India.

References

^ ^a ^b "Genus: Ximenia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Ximenia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

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Ximenia: Brief Summary

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Ximenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae. The generic name honors Francisco Ximénez, a Spanish priest.

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