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Ana tree
Faidherbia albida
Faidherbia is a genus of leguminous plants containing one species, Faidherbia albida, native to Africa and the Middle East. The species was formerly widely included in the genus Acacia as Acacia albida. It has also been introduced to Pakistan and India. Common names for it include apple-ring acacia (their circular, indehiscent seed pods resemble apple rings), ana tree, balanzan tree and winter thorn.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Itinerary: Voyage to the East or Portuguese Indies
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten · 1596 · p.161
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.572
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.730
The Plants of Egypt
Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.77
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Faidherbia albida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343039.