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Fabaceae

Applering acacia

Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Faidherbia

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Applering acacia: Agroforestry in Burkina Faso with Borassus akeassii and Faidherbia albida
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)
Afrikaans
Anaboom
Arabic
حراز
Bambara
Balanzan
Chinese
白相思樹, 刷合欢, 白相思, 陀果相思树
dag
Puhu wuni
English
Applering acacia, Ana tree
ff
Caski
French
Balanzan
German
Anabaum, Weiße Akazie
grc
Ἄκανθα λευκή
Hebrew
שיטה מלבינה
Japanese
シロアカシア
Portuguese
Faidherbia
Spanish
Espina de invierno
Ukrainian
Акація білувата
Wolof
Kàdd

Synonyms

  • Acacia albida Delile
  • Acacia albida var. microfoliolata De Wild.
  • Acacia albida var. senegalensis Benth.
  • Acacia albida var. variofoliolata De Wild.
  • Acacia gyrocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Acacia mossambecensis Bolle
  • Acacia saccharata Benth.
  • Acacia selenicarpa Desv.
  • Faidherbia albida var. glabra Nongon.
  • Faidherbia albida var. pseudoglabra Nongon.
  • Prosopis kirkii Oliv.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.