Observations in the Species: Faidherbia albida
English Name: Ana Thorn or Ana Tree or Anaboom or Apiesdoring or Bruin-Apiesdoring or Mogabo or Mogôhlô or Mogôkatau or Mokôsô or Muhoto or South African Tree Number 159 or Umhlalankwazi or Umkhaya-Wemfula or White Monkey Thorn or Winter Thorn or Wit-Apiesdoring or Withoutdoring
Synonyms also shown: Acacia albida, Acacia mossambicensis
Observed on: 31st December 2011
Added to iSpot: 17th June 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Description: Tree stand in the middle of a Revier
Observed on: 20th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 20th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th November 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 10th October 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th March 2013
Added to iSpot: 31st March 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: One of the African giants. Growing in alluvial soils from desert to tropics. Crosses the Sahel into Israel. Surprisingly, it loses it leaves in the wet season. Here,it flushes and flowers in late summer and is browsed by game throughout our dry Winter(by those that can reach high enough). The seed pods are said to be highly nutritious. Desert elephant do their famous hind leg stands to reach the pods.
Observed on: 13th June 2008
Added to iSpot: 22nd July 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd July 2011
Added to iSpot: 2nd August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Description: Faidherbia is a monotypic genus, not closely related to other African Acacias, but does share many of the characteristics of Acacias
