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Internal ID UUID643fd98d54a55628252425
Scientific name Faidherbia albida
Authority (Delile) A.Chev.
First published in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop.14: 876 (1934)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Acacia albida Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.2(Mém.): 286 (1813)
Prosopis kirkii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr.2: 332 (1871)
Acacia aegyptiaca Baill. Adansonia4: 82 (1863)
Acacia gyrocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss.1: 241 (1847)
Acacia saccharata Benth. London J. Bot.1: 505 (1842)
Acacia selenicarpa Desv. W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 60 (1825)
Acacia mossambecensis Bolle W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique6(1): 15 (1861)
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)
Acacia albida var. microfoliolata De Wild. Pl. Bequaert.3: 56 (1925)
Acacia albida var. senegalensis Benth. London J. Bot.1: 505 (1842)
Acacia albida var. variofoliolata De Wild. Pl. Bequaert.3: 57 (1925)

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Language Common/alternative name
English ana tree
English applering acacia
Spanish espina de invierno
Afrikaans anaboom
Bambara balanzan
dag puhu wuni
German anabaum
German weiße akazie
Fulah caski
French balanzan
Hebrew שיטה מלבינה
Japanese シロアカシア
Ukrainian Акація білувата
wo kàdd
Chinese 白相思樹
Chinese 陀果相思树
Chinese 白相思
Chinese 刷合欢

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Western Sahara
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000186081
UNII ZN42N783B8
USDA Plants FAAL
Tropicos 13057180
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494764-1
The Plant List ild-32479
PFAF Faidherbia albida
Open Tree Of Life 8883
Observations.org 117838
NCBI Taxonomy 138055
IUCN Red List 19375471
IPNI 494764-1
iNaturalist 343039
GBIF 5360150
Freebase /m/02qh_8d
EOL 648064
USDA GRIN 301012
Wikipedia Faidherbia_albida

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Does government food demonstration intervention influence household dietary diversity in the Upper West Region of Ghana? Pienaah CK, Saaka SA, Yengnone HZ, Molle MN, Luginaah I PLoS One 08-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11078389
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302869
PMID:38718020
Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
doi:10.1155/2024/3961434
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Haplotype-resolved genome of Mimosa bimucronata revealed insights into leaf movement and nitrogen fixation Jia H, Lin J, Lin Z, Wang Y, Xu L, Ding W, Ming R BMC Genomics 03-Apr-2024
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Susceptibility of Mangifera indica (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae) cultivars to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in 2 agroecological zones of Cameroon Mokam DG, Atougour N, Tadu Z, Aléné DC, Awono E, Lontsi Tapeo S, Ngamo Tinkeu LS, Djieto-Lordon C J Insect Sci 16-Mar-2024
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Hierarchical Porous Carbon Based on Waste Quinoa Straw for High-Performance Supercapacitors Ma T, Xu S, Zhu M ACS Omega 14-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10976366
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c04692
PMID:38559948
Preserving Ethnoveterinary Medicine (EVM) along the Transhumance Routes in Southwestern Angola: Synergies between International Cooperation and Academic Research Solazzo D, Moretti MV, Tchamba JJ, Rafael MF, Tonini M, Fico G, Basterrecea T, Levi S, Marini L, Bruschi P Plants (Basel) 28-Feb-2024
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Saving the Last West African Giraffe Population: A Review of Its Conservation Status and Management Gašparová K, Fennessy J, Moussa Zabeirou AR, Abagana AL, Rabeil T, Brandlová K Animals (Basel) 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10930505
doi:10.3390/ani14050702
PMID:38473087
Effect of provenances on growth and stem form of 16-year Juniperus procera plantation in Injibara, Northwestern Ethiopia Wondimneh S, Assefa D, Abich A Heliyon 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10906174
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26514
PMID:38434040
Polyherbal Combinations Used by Traditional Health Practitioners against Mental Illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa Moussavi N, Mounkoro PP, Dembele SM, Ballo NN, Togola A, Diallo D, Sanogo R, Wangensteen H, Paulsen BS Plants (Basel) 04-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10857219
doi:10.3390/plants13030454
PMID:38337987
Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of the genus Sarcophyte: a review Jared Misonge O, Gervason Apiri M, James Onsinyo M, Samuel Murigi W, Geoffrey Ogeto S, Vincent Obaga N Front Pharmacol 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10801267
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1301672
PMID:38259280
Seed germination dynamics of some woody legumes: implication for restoration of arid zones ecosystems Buba T, Ezra AG, Bako SP, Sabo MU BioTechnologia (Pozn) 21-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10777726
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PMID:38213475
Chromosome-level genome of the transformable northern wattle, Acacia crassicarpa Massaro I, Poethig RS, Sinha NR, Leichty AR G3 (Bethesda) 14-Dec-2023
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Unprecedented yet gradual nature of first millennium CE intercontinental crop plant dispersal revealed in ancient Negev desert refuse Fuks D, Melamed Y, Langgut D, Erickson-Gini T, Tepper Y, Bar-Oz G, Weiss E eLife 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10846859
doi:10.7554/eLife.85118
PMID:38011372
Mycetoma and the environment Fahal AH, Bakhiet SM PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16-Nov-2023
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doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011736
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Chromosome-scale genomes of five Hongmu species in Leguminosae Yang J, Liu M, Sahu SK, Li R, Wang G, Guo X, Liu J, Cheng L, Jiang H, Zhao F, Wei S, Luo S, Liu H Sci Data 17-Oct-2023
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