Talk:Balanites aegyptiaca

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Did you know... that besides famine food, various parts of the tree Balanites aegyptiaca can be used to prepare furniture, cooking oil, snail repellent, glue, and raw materials to synthesize birth control pills?

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There is probably a relation between aegyptiaca and Egypt. Is this anywhere in the etymology? --Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 17:24, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]