Ximenia
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Ximenia is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the family Olacaceae
Olacaceae
Olacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Santalales. They are woody plants, native throughout the tropical regions of the world....

. The generic name honors Francisco Ximénez, a Spanish priest.

Selected species

  • Ximenia americana
    Ximenia americana
    Ximenia americana, commonly known as Yellow Plum or Sea Lemon, is a small sprawling tree of woodlands native to Australia and Asia....

    L.
  • Ximenia caffra (large sourplum) Sond.
  • Ximenia coriacea Engl.
  • Ximenia roigii
    Ximenia roigii
    Ximenia roigii is a species of plant in the Olacaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. . Downloaded on 24 August 2007....

    León


Formerly placed here

  • Balanites aegyptiaca
    Balanites aegyptiaca
    Balanites aegyptiaca is a species of tree, classified either as a member of the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East....

    (L.) Delile (as X. aegyptiaca L.)

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