Faidherbia albida
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Habit
13 Jun 2008
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Flowers
13 Jun 2008
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Leaves
13 Jun 2008
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Spines
13 Jun 2008
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Habit
29 Apr 2016
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Leafy branch showing spines
29 Apr 2016
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Anaboom, Anas |
| English common name(s): | Ana tree, White thorn, Winter thorn |
| Synonym(s): | Acacia albida Delile Acacia mossambicensis Bolle Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev. var. glabra Nongon. Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev. var. pseudoglabra Nongon. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Large deciduous tree. Bark greenish-grey; young branches, whitish, zig-zagging between the nodes. Thorns straight, up to 2 cm long, paired at the nodes. Leaves with 3-10 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 6-23 pairs per pinna, grey-green; rhachis with glands between each pair of pinnae, no gland on the petiole. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 14 cm, creamy-white. Pods reddish-brown to orange when ripe, characteristically curled and twisted like an apple-peel, indehiscent. |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
