Balanites angolensis, or Angolan green-thorn, is a species of tree from southern Africa, it is a member of the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae.

The leaves are alternate, consisting of one pair of leaflets, 12-17mm in length, leathery, yellowish green and downy.

[3] Balanites angolensis occurs along seasonal watercourses[2] and in savannah, on dry hills and in coastal forest.

[3] In dry scrub forest and mopane woodland Balanites angolensis is part of the understorey community.

[3] The fruit is edible, the branches are used by the Himba for fencing and the roots are used by the Himba to treat breast complaints in nursing mothers by inhaling the smoke of the burning roots and by making an ointment out of the ashes and smearing this on the breasts.