Desert date
Balanites aegyptiaca
Tree7×8.5 mzone 10–11full sun
Profile
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Height
- 7 m
- Spread
- 8.5 m
- Growth
- medium
- Lifespan
- 100 years
- First yield
- after 5 years
- Hardiness
- zone 10–11
- Shade tolerance
- full sun
- Soil
- Sand, Silt, Loam
- Soil moisture
- dry – moist
- pH
- 6 – 8.5
thorny
Uses
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