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taxid: 138055
genus: Faidherbia
species: albida
abbrev: faial
commonName: "apple-ring acacia"
description: "Faidherbia albida, or apple-ring acacia, is a thorny tree growing up 6–30 m (20–98 ft) tall and 2 m (6.6 ft) in trunk diameter. Its deep-penetrating tap root makes it highly resistant to drought. The bark is grey, and fissured when old. There are 11,000 seeds/kg."

strains:
  - identifier: WAFC
    accession: WAFC
    name: WAFC
    origin: World AgroForestry Center, Kenya
    description: "Faidherbia albida WAFC was sequenced and reported in Chang, et al. DOI:10.1093/gigascience/giy152"