Zygophyllaceae
Manduro
Balanites maughamii
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus
- Balanites
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Groendoring, Fakkelhout
- Arabic
- هجليج موغامي
- English
- Manduro, Torchwood
- Zulu
- UGobandlovu
Photos
Photo: Bev Oscroft, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bev Oscroft, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bev Oscroft, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan Volstruis Combrink, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.