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Plants of Sudan

Sorghum bicolor

Common Name: Sorghum, Sudan grass, broomcorn, forage sorghum, grain sorghum, milo, great millet, durra
Local Name: (Aish, عيش), ( Durra, درة)
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Triticum aestivum

Common Name: Common wheat, Bread wheat
Local Name: Gamih (قمح)
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Nymphaea lotus

Common Name: Egyptian water-lily, white lotus
Local Name: (Suteib , ستيب ) ( Um Ban'geiga, ام بانقيقا)
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Sesamum indicum

Common Name: Simsim, Sesame, Benne or gingelly
Local Name: Simsim (سمسم)
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Tamarix aphylla

Common Name: Athel tamarisk, Athel tree, Athel pine, Salt cedar
Local Name: (Amab,اماب ), (Terfa, طرفة) ( Etil, إتل)
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Phoenix dactylifera

Common Name: Date palm
Local Name: (Nakheel ,نخيل - Nakhal, نخل), (Balah, بلح), (Temor, تمر )
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Hyphaene thebaica

Common Name: Doum palm
Local Name: Doum, (دوم )
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Lawsonia inermis

Common Name: Henna
Local Name: (Henna ,( الحنة )
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Vachellia nilotica

Common Name: Thorn mimosa, Gum arabic tree
Local Name: (Sunt , سنط ) ( Garad, قرض)
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Balanites aegyptiaca

Common Name: Simple-thorned torchwood, Egyptian balsam, fruits famous as (desert dates)
Local Name: Higleeg or Laloab ( لالوب-هجليج )
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Adansonia digitata

Common Name: Baobab
Local Name: Tabldi, Gongolais – (تبلدي-- قنقليز)
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Lagenaria siceraria

Common Name: Bottle gourd
Local Name: Garaa Al Bokhsa (قرع البخسة )
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