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Plants of Sudan

Desmostachya bipinnata

Common Name: Halfa grass, big cordgrass, salt reed-grass
Local Name: Al Halfa (الحلفا)
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Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Common Name: Broom Brush, desert broom, Firecracker.
Local Name: Marikh (المرخ)
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Senegalia mellifera

Common Name: Blackthorn, hookthorn
Local Name: Kitr (كتر)
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Ziziphus spina-christi

Common Name: Christ's thorn jujube
Local Name: Sidr (سدر, نبق)
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Medicago sativa

Common Name: Alfalfa, lucerne, purple medic
Local Name: Barseem (برسيم)
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Senegalia Senegal

Common Name: Gum arabic, Sudan gum arabic, gum acacia, three-thorned acacia.
Local Name: Hashab (الهشاب)
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Coriandrum sativum

Common Name: Corriander, cilantro, Chinese parsley
Local Name: Kuzbara كسبرة
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luffa aegyptiaca

Common Name: Sponge Gourd
Local Name: Leef (ليف)
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Hibiscus sabdariffa

Common Name: Hibiscus, Roselle, Karkadeh
Local Name: Karkadeh (كركدي)
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Vicia faba

Common Name: Faba bean, Broad Beans
Local Name: Fool masry (فول مصري)
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Abelmoschus esculentus

Common Name: Okra, lady’s finger
Local Name: Bamia (بامية)
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Zea mays

Common Name: Maize, corn, Sweet corn
Local Name: Aish reef (عيش ريف)
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