Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev.

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : 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 mossambicensis Bolle; Acacia saccharata Benth.; Acacia selenicarpa Desv.; Faidherbia albida var. glabra Nongon.; Faidherbia albida var. pseudoglabra Nongon.; Prosopis kirkii Oliv.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Native : Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Lebanon to Iran and Africa
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Faidherbia albida
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Faidherbia albida. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Botanical Description

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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