{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ximenia americana leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, AP W2 IMG 7288.jpg |image_caption = ''Ximenia americana'' leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India. |taxon = Ximenia |authority = L.<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12969 |title=Genus: ''Ximenia'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2010-08-25 |access-date=2011-01-10}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = ''Heymassoli'' <small>Aubl.</small><br> ''Pimecaria'' <small>Raf.</small><br> ''Rottboelia'' <small>Scop.</small><br> ''Ximeniopsis'' <small>Alain</small><ref name="GRIN"/> |}}

'''''Ximenia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae. The generic name honors Francisco Ximénez, a Spanish priest.<ref name=Genaust1983>Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' {{ISBN|3-7643-0755-2}}</ref>

== Selected species == * ''Ximenia americana'' <small>L.</small> * ''Ximenia afra'' (large sourplum) <small>Sond.</small> * ''Ximenia coriacea'' <small>Engl.</small> * ''Ximenia roigii'' <small>León</small><ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12969 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Ximenia'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2011-01-10}}</ref> <!--Bot notice: new species go here-->

=== Formerly placed here === * ''Balanites aegyptiaca'' <small>(L.) Delile</small> (as ''X. aegyptiaca'' <small>L.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies"/>

== Image gallery ==

<gallery> Image:Ximenia americana leaves at Chilkur near Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7290.jpg|''Ximenia americana'' leaves at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India. Image:Ximenia americana leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7288.jpg|''Ximenia americana'' leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India. </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Ximenia|''Ximenia''}} {{Wikispecies-inline|Ximenia|''Ximenia''}}

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Category:Eponymous genera Category:Olacaceae Category:Santalales genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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