| 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 |
|
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 |
Wild (including weed) 
Cultivated 