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A fact from Balanites aegyptiaca appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2009 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

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

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