3446.010 Faidherbia A. Chev.

Description of the genus

A genus similar to, and formerly included in, Acacia. It may be separated from Acacia in possessing the following combination of characters: (a) the petiole lacks a gland, but there are glands on the rhachis at the junction of each pair of pinnae, (b) the filaments are shortly connate at the base, (c) it possesses large anthers which are eglandular and (d) the falcate or spirally coiled indehiscent pods.

Derivation of name: after Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), a French general who was governor of Senegal.

Worldwide: 1 species in the warm regions of Africa to the E Mediterranean

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
albida (Delile) A. Chev.	Description, Image

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