# Ximenia

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{{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](/source/Ximenia_americana)'' leaves & fruit at Chilkur near [Hyderabad, India](/source/Hyderabad%2C_India).
|taxon = Ximenia
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)<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 plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Olacaceae](/source/Olacaceae).  The generic name honors [Francisco Ximénez](/source/Francisco_Xim%C3%A9nez), a Spanish priest.<ref name=Genaust1983>Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' {{ISBN|3-7643-0755-2}}</ref>

== Selected species ==
* ''[Ximenia americana](/source/Ximenia_americana)'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[Ximenia afra](/source/Ximenia_afra)'' (large sourplum) <small>Sond.</small>
* ''[Ximenia coriacea](/source/Ximenia_coriacea)'' <small>Engl.</small>
* ''[Ximenia roigii](/source/Ximenia_roigii)'' <small>[León](/source/Fr%C3%A8re_Le%C3%B3n_(Joseph_Sylvestre_Sauget))</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>
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=== Formerly placed here ===
* ''[Balanites aegyptiaca](/source/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](/source/Hyderabad%2C_India).
Image:Ximenia americana leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7288.jpg|''Ximenia americana'' leaves & fruit at Chilkur near [Hyderabad, India](/source/Hyderabad%2C_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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