Balanites
Del.
Africa, Myanmar, India, Palestine, Pakistan, S. Arabia and Syria, about 25 species,
one species in India.
Notes. Bentham & Hooker (Genera Plantarum 1: 314. 1862) and Paris & Mue Aubrat (in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 93: 202. 1946) place this genus in the family Simaroubaceae while Engl. (in Engler & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 19a.: 179. 1931) treats it under Zygopbyllaceae. Hutchinson (Fam. Fl. Pl. 3rd ed. 327. 1973) treats it under a separate family Balanitaceae. Following Bentham & Hooker, most authors of lndian Floras treat it as a member of Simaroubaceae. Hutchinson's treatment is followed here.
Notes. Bentham & Hooker (Genera Plantarum 1: 314. 1862) and Paris & Mue Aubrat (in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 93: 202. 1946) place this genus in the family Simaroubaceae while Engl. (in Engler & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 19a.: 179. 1931) treats it under Zygopbyllaceae. Hutchinson (Fam. Fl. Pl. 3rd ed. 327. 1973) treats it under a separate family Balanitaceae. Following Bentham & Hooker, most authors of lndian Floras treat it as a member of Simaroubaceae. Hutchinson's treatment is followed here.
