Ximenia aegyptiaca Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1194. 1753.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 2690.

Lectotype (Basak in Thothrathi in Fasc. Fl. India 4: 20. 1980; Sands in Kew Bull. 56: 51, 55. 2001): [icon] " Agihalid " in Alpino, De Plantis Aegypti: 38, 39, excl. fr. 1640. - Epitype (Sands in Kew Bull. 56: 51. 2001): Tanzania. Tanga Prov., Mombe Forest reserve, 29 Nov 1962, Semsei 3580 (K).

Current name: Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile ( Zygophyllaceae / Balanitaceae).

Note: Sands restricted Basak’s earlier type choice by excluding the fruits depicted by Alpino, and also designated an epitype.