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Plants of Sudan

Senna obtusifolia

Common Name: Sicklepod, kawal, tasba, African foetid cassia, American sicklepod, Low senna, Sicklepod senna, Blunt-leaf senna, Sickle senna
Local Name: Alkawal, Sorib, Sorib Afin
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Phragmites australis

Common Name: Reed grass, ditch reed, giant reed, Bous, phragmites, Roseau cane, yellow cane.
Local Name: Ghab (غاب), Bous (بوص), Gassab (قصب)
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Helianthus annuus

Common Name: Sunflower, Zehrat Al Shams
Local Name: Zehrat Al Shams (زهرة الشمس )
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Arachis hypogaea

Common Name: Peanut, Groundnut, Earthnut, Goober or Goober Pea, Monkey nut
Local Name: Ful Sudani (فول سوداني )
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Cyperus papyrus

Common Name: Papyrus, papyrus sedge, bulrush, coco-grass, Indian matting plant, Nile grass, Egyptian paper-reed, paper reed.
Local Name: Al Burdi (البردي)
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Citrullus colocynthis

Common Name: Bitter apple , colocynth, bitter cucumber, bitter melon, egusi melon, and the bitter vine of Sodom
Local Name: Handal
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Avicennia marina

Common Name: Grey mangrove, white mangrove, Forssk., Vierh.
Local Name: Shorah (الشورة او الشوري)
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Pontederia crassipes

Common Name: Water hyacinth, lilac-devil, water hiasint
Local Name: Ashab Al Neel (اعشاب النيل)
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Azolla filiculoides

Common Name: Mosquito fern, Fairy moss, Pacific azolla, red water fern, water fern, water velvet.
Local Name: Azolla( الأزولا)
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Salvina Molesta

Common Name: Giant Salvinia, Kariba weed, aquarium water moss, water fern, and giant azalea.
Local Name: Selfakair
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Pennisetum glaucum

Common Name: Pearl millet
Local Name: Dukhun (دخن)
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Corchorus olitorius

Common Name: Jute mallow, Jew's mallow, Nalita jute
Local Name: Khodra, Malokhia (الخدرة ,الملوخية)
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