Faidherbia

Faidherbia is a genus of fabaceous plants containing one species, Faidherbia albida, which was formerly widely included in the genus Acacia as Acacia albida. The species is native to Africa and the Middle East and has also been introduced to Pakistan and India. Common names include apple-ring acacia (their circular, indehiscent seed pods resemble apple rings), white acacia, and winter thorn. The South African name is ana tree.

Species

FamilyFabaceae

Native toAlgeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt

Use: Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev. (winter thorn ; see

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: fertilizer tree
Parent taxon: Ingeae
Image: Faidherbia albida.JPG

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taxon name: Faidherbia
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4607
taxon common name: 环荚合欢属
Commons category: Faidherbia

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Taxonomy
Infraspecific variability
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Uses
Medicinal uses
Cultural significance
References
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==Taxonomy== This species has been known as Acacia albida for a long time, and is often still known as such. Guinet (1969) in Pondicherry first proposed separating it into the genus Faidherbia, a genus erected during the previous century by Auguste Chevalier with this as the type species, seconded by the South African James Henderson Ross (1973) and the Senegalese legume botanist Nongonierma (1976, 1978), but authors continued to favour classification under Acacia as of 1997.

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