White Acacia White-thorn Apple ring acacia

Faidherbia albida

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	10-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium
Physical characteristics
Height	25.0
Cultivation details
Layer	Tall trees
Growth	Fast
Uses
Utility	Fire starter, Containers, Animal feed, Lumber, Gum, Mulch, Potash, Soap making, Soil conditioner, Erosion control, Tannin, Teeth, Coppice, Nitrogen fixer
Edible	true
Edible parts	Seed
Edible uses	Gum
Names
Alternate name	Afrar, ana tree, anaboom, apple ring acacia, apple-ring thorn-tree, betam-pale, bioepi, biongomo, borassam-o, borassanhe, bubirique, buladanelhe, bule, burle-danedjo, busseu-uliba, butchampele, cad, camude, camudo, djue, ferida-branco, gawo, gozanga, herero, icuti, karau, m'suango, marrone, msangumsangu, mucesi, munga-nunsyi, munga, musanga, musenga, mutsangu, nsangu, omue, pau-ferida, po-de-ferida-branco, sipana-brabu, sipina, soango, umpumbu, ussimpulo, winter thorn
Taxonomy
Family	Fabaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into	Ascension, Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Yemen
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:17:04 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:50:24 UTC by andrew-haupt

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White Acacia White-thorn Apple ring acacia

Faidherbia albida

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