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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]]'' leaves & fruit at Chilkur near [[Hyderabad, India]].
|taxon = Ximenia
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|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 plant]]s 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>[[Frère León (Joseph Sylvestre Sauget)|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>
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=== Formerly placed here ===
* ''[[Balanites aegyptiaca]]'' <small>(L.) Delile</small> (as ''X. aegyptiaca'' <small>L.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies"/>
== Image gallery ==
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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==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Olacaceae]]
[[Category:Santalales genera]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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