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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/balanites/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "balanites"
  },
  "genus": "Balanites",
  "family": "Zygophyllaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/zygophyllaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 11,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites aegyptiaca",
      "authorship": "(L.) Delile",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313273",
      "slug": "balanites-aegyptiaca",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanites-aegyptiaca/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites aegyptiacus",
      "authorship": "(L.) Delile",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001146307",
      "slug": "balanites-aegyptiacus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites angolensis",
      "authorship": "(Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313383",
      "slug": "balanites-angolensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites glabra",
      "authorship": "Mildbr. & Schltr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313493",
      "slug": "balanites-glabra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites maughamii",
      "authorship": "Sprague",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313543",
      "slug": "balanites-maughamii",
      "photographs_found": 36,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanites-maughamii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites pedicellaris",
      "authorship": "Mildbr. & Schltr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313589",
      "slug": "balanites-pedicellaris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites rotundifolia",
      "authorship": "(Tiegh.) Blatt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313648",
      "slug": "balanites-rotundifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites roxburghii",
      "authorship": "Planch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313687",
      "slug": "balanites-roxburghii",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanites-roxburghii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites triflora",
      "authorship": "Tiegh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313763",
      "slug": "balanites-triflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites wilsoniana",
      "authorship": "Dawe & Sprague",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000313785",
      "slug": "balanites-wilsoniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanites wilsonianus",
      "authorship": "Dawe & Sprague",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001146387",
      "slug": "balanites-wilsonianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/balanites/"
  }
}