Family name |
Scientific name (Genus name + species epithet) |
ACANTHACEAE |
Blephalis linariifolia |
|
Monechma ciliatum |
AMARANTHACEAE |
Amaranthus spinosus |
|
Celosia trigyna |
|
Pupalia lappacea |
ANNONACEAE |
Annona senegalensis |
ARECACEAE |
Hyphaene thebaica |
ASCLEPIADACEAE |
Calotropis procera |
|
Pergularia tomentosa |
ASTERACEAE |
Acanthospermum hispidum |
|
Vernonia pauciflora → Vernonia galamensis |
|
Vernonia galamensis |
BALANITACEAE |
Balanites aegyptiaca |
BOMBACACEAE |
Adansonia digitata |
CAESALPINIACEAE |
Cassia italica → Senna italica |
|
Cassia mimosoides → Chamaecrista mimosoides |
|
Chamaecrista mimosoides |
|
Piliostigma reticulatum |
|
Senna italica |
CAPPARIDACEAE |
Boscia angustifolia |
|
Cleome gynandra → Gynandropsis gynandra |
|
Cleome scaposa |
|
Gynandropsis gynandra |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Polycarpaea corymbosa |
|
Polycarpaea eriantha |
|
Polycarpaea linearifolia |
CHRYSOBALANACEAE |
Neocarya macrophylla |
|
Parinari macrophylla → Neocarya macrophylla |
COMBRETACEAE |
Combretum glutinosum |
|
Combretum micranthum |
|
Combretum nigricans |
|
Guiera senegalensis |
COMMELINACEAE |
Commelina benghalensis |
|
Commelina forskalaei |
|
Cyanotis lanata |
COMPOSITAE |
See ASTERACEAE |
CONVOLVULACEAE |
Evolvulus alsinoides |
|
Ipomoea coptica |
|
Ipomoea vagans -? |
|
Jacquemontia tamnifolia |
|
Merremia pinnata |
|
Merremia tridentata |
CUCURBITACEAE |
Citrullus colocynthis |
|
Citrullus lanatus |
|
Colocynthis citrullus → Citrullus colocynthis |
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Colocynthis vulgaris → Citrullus lanatus |
|
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis |
|
Lagenaria siceraria |
CYPERACEAE |
Bulbostylis barbata |
|
Bulbostylis coleotricha |
|
Cyperus alopecuroides |
|
Cyperus amabilis |
|
Cyperus podocarpus |
|
Cyperus rotundus |
|
Fimbristylis ferruginea |
|
Fimbristylis hispidula |
|
Pycreus macrostachyos |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Chrozophora senegalensis |
|
Croton zambesicus |
|
Euphorbia convolvuloides |
|
Manihot esculenta |
|
Phyllanthus pentandrus |
|
Ricinus communis |
FABACEAE |
See CAESALPINIACEAE,
MIMOSACEAE or PAPILIONACEAE |
GRAMINEAE |
See POACEAE |
LABIATAE |
See LAMIACEAE |
LAMIACEAE |
Leucas martinicensis |
LEGUMINOSAE |
See CAESALPINIACEAE,
MIMOSACEAE or PAPILIONACEAE |
MALVACEAE |
Abelmoschus esculentus |
|
Hibiscus cannabinus |
|
Hibiscus sabdarrifa |
|
Sida cordifolia |
|
Sida rhombifolia |
MELIACEAE |
Azadirachta indica |
MIMOSACEAE |
Acacia albida → Faidherbia albida |
|
Acacia laeta |
|
Acacia macrostachya |
|
Acacia nilotica |
|
Faidherbia albida |
|
Prosopis juliflora |
MOLLUGINACEAE |
Limeum pterocarpum |
|
Mollugo nudicaulis |
MORINGACEAE |
Moringa oleifera |
NYCTAGINACEAE |
Boerhavia diffusa |
PALMAE |
See ARECACEAE |
PAPILIONACEAE |
Alysicarpus ovalifolius |
|
Arachis hypogaea |
|
Crotalaria podocarpa |
|
Indigofera astragalina |
|
Indigofera pilosa |
|
Indigofera prieureana |
|
Indigofera strobilifera |
|
Phaseolus vulgaris |
|
Stylosanthes fruticosa |
|
Stylosanthes mucronata → Stylosanthes fruticosa |
|
Tephrosia purpurea |
|
Vigna subterranea |
|
Vigna unguiculata |
|
Zornia glochidiata |
PEDALIACEAE |
Ceratotheca sesamoides |
|
Rogeria adenophylla |
|
Sesamum alatum |
|
Sesamum indicum |
PHYLLANTHACEAE |
See EUPHORBIACEAE |
POACEAE |
Andropogon gayanus |
|
Aristida mutabilis |
|
Brachiaria distichophylla |
|
Brachiaria xantholeuca |
|
Cenchrus biflorus |
|
Cenchrus prieuri |
|
Chloris prieurii |
|
Ctenium elegans |
|
Cynodon dactylon |
|
Dactyloctenium aegyptium |
|
Digitaria ciliaris |
|
Digitaria gayana |
|
Digitaria longiflora |
|
Echinochloa colona |
|
Eragrostis pilosa |
|
Eragrostis tremula |
|
Microchloa indica |
|
Panicum laetum |
|
Panicum subalbidum |
|
Pennisetum americanum → Pennisetum glaucum |
|
Pennisetum glaucum (cultivated type) |
|
Pennisetum glaucum (weed type) |
|
Pennisetum pedicellatum |
|
Pennisetum sieberanum → Pennisetum glaucum (weed type) |
|
Pennisetum stenostachyum → Pennisetum glaucum (weed type) |
|
Schizachyrium exile |
|
Schoenefeldia gracilis |
|
Setaria pallide-fusca → Setaria pumila |
|
Setaria pumila |
|
Sorghum bicolor |
|
Sporobolus paniculatus |
|
Sporobolus spicatus |
POLYGALACEAE |
Polygala arenaria |
PORTULACACEAE |
Portulaca oleracea |
RHAMNACEAE |
Ziziphus mauritiana |
RUBIACEAE |
Borreria filifolia |
|
Borreria radiata |
|
Borreria scabra |
|
Borreria stachydea |
|
Gardenia sokotensis |
|
Mitracarpus scaber |
SAPOTACEAE |
Vitellaria paradoxa |
SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Scoparia dulcis |
|
Striga gesnerioides |
|
Striga hermontheca |
STERCULIACEAE |
Melochia corchorifolia |
|
Waltheria indica |
TILIACEAE |
Corchorus aestuans |
|
Corchorus tridens |
|
Grewia flavescens |
|
Triumfetta pentandra |
VITACEAE |
Cissus quadrangularis |
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
Tribulus terrestris |
|
See also BALANITACEAE |