Faidherbia albida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 876 (1934).

Basionym
- Acacia albida Delile, Fl. Egypt. 286. t. 52. f. 3.
Heterotypic
- Acacia aegyptiaca Baill., Adansonia 4: 82 (1863)
- Acacia gyrocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 241 (1847)
- Acacia mossambicensis Bolle, W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 15 (1861)
- Acacia saccharata Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 505 (1842)
- Acacia selenicarpa Desv., W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 60 (1825)
- Faidherbia albida var. glabra Nongon., Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 39: 599 (1976 publ. 1977)
- Faidherbia albida var. pseudoglabra Nongon., Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 38: 599 (1976 publ. 1977)
- Prosopis kirkii Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 332 (1871)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine
- Regional: Peninsilar Arabia
  - Saudi Arabia
- Introduced into:
  - Ascension, Cape Verde, Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Yemen

Chevalier, A. 1934. Nouvelles observations sur quelques Acacia de l’Afrique occidentale. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale 14: 876.

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Raffeneau-Delile, A. 1813. Flore d'Ègypte. Explication des planches. In: Description de l'Egypte ... Histoire Naturelle 2: 145–320. Text. Plates. Reference page. [see page 286]

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Tropicos.org 2022. Faidherbia albida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Faidherbia albida. Published online. Accessed: October 13 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Faidherbia albida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Apple-ring Acacia
français: Acacia chauve
Wolof: Kad