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Plants of Sudan

Al Halfa (الحلفا)

Common Name: Halfa grass, big cordgrass, salt reed-grass
Latin Name: Panicum virgatum
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Desmostachya bipinnata (English)

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Marikh (المرخ)

Common Name: Broom Brush, desert broom, Firecracker.
Latin Name: Leptadenia pyrotechnica
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Kitr (كتر)

Common Name: Blackthorn, hookthorn
Latin Name: Acacia mellifera
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Senegalia mellifera (English)

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Sidr (سدر, نبق)

Common Name: Christ's thorn jujube
Latin Name: Ziziphus spina
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Ziziphus spina-christi (English)

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Barseem (برسيم)

Common Name: Alfalfa, lucerne, purple medic
Latin Name: Medicago sativa
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Medicago sativa (English)

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Hashab (الهشاب)

Common Name: Gum arabic, Sudan gum arabic, gum acacia, three-thorned acacia.
Latin Name: Acacia senegal
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Senegalia Senegal (English)

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Kuzbara كسبرة

Common Name: Corriander, cilantro, Chinese parsley
Latin Name: Coriandrum sativum
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Coriandrum sativum (English)

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Leef (ليف)

Common Name: Sponge Gourd
Latin Name: luffa aegyptiaca
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Karkadeh (كركدي)

Common Name: Hibiscus, Roselle, Karkadeh
Latin Name: Hibiscus sabdariffa
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Fool masry (فول مصري)

Common Name: Faba bean, Broad Beans
Latin Name: Vicia faba
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Bamia (بامية)

Common Name: Okra, lady’s finger
Latin Name: Abelmoschus esculentus
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Aish reef (عيش ريف)

Common Name: Maize, corn, Sweet corn
Latin Name: Zea mays
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