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Taxon:  Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev.



Summary
Genus:
Faidherbia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
301012
Place of publication:
Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14:876. 1934
Verified:
08/04/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
16 (16  active, 10  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Acacia albida Delile

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Reference(s)
  1. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  2. Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
  3. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  4. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  5. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  6. Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart. 1994. The value of Acacia and Prosopis in arid and semi-arid environments. J. Arid Environm. 27:7.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Faidherbia+albida&quantity=1
  8. Harris, S. A. et al. 1997. Isozyme variation in Faidherbia albida (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 207:119-132. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
  9. Janick, J. & J. E. Simmon, eds. 1993. New crops 146.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  11. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  14. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
  15. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  18. Ross, J. H. 1979. A conspectus of the African Acacia species. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 44:83. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  19. Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe.
  20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Acacia albida Delile
  21. Vassal, J. 1981. Tribe 4. Acacieae Benth. Advances in legume systematics. 1:170.
  22. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
anatree –
whitethorn –
winterthorn –
Arabic
haraaz –
French
arbre blanc –
German
Anabaum –
Portuguese
espinheiro-de-Angola –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria s.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (s.), Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Syria
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodpotential as forage National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalagroforestryfide New Crops 146. 1989Janick, J. & J. E. Simmon, eds. 1993. New crops 146.
Environmentalsoil improverfide New Crops 146. 1989Janick, J. & J. E. Simmon, eds. 1993. New crops 146.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.


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