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Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Desert date, Egyptian balsam and Lalob in Sudan) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. This tree is native to much of Africa (excluding South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Senegal and Tunisia) and parts of the Middle East (from Syria south to Yemen). It can be found in many kinds of habitat, tolerating a wide variety of soil types, from sand to heavy clay, and climatic moisture levels, from arid to subhumid. It is relatively tolerant of flooding, livestock activity, and wildfire. It is an important

Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The fruit is free floating and known in Italy as "the olive of the sea" (l'oliva di mare). Balls of fibrous material from its foliage, known as egagropili or Neptune balls, wash up to nearby shorelines. Posidonia has a very high carbon absorption capacity, being able to soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similarly sized area of the Amazon rainforest.

Vernonia amygdalina, a member of the daisy family, is a small to medium-sized shrub that grows in tropical Africa. V. amygdalina typically grows to a height of 2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft). The leaves are elliptical and up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. Its bark is rough. V. amygdalina is commonly called bitter leaf in English because of its bitter taste.

Cyperus michelianus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. It grows in wet habitats such as river margins and paddy fields.

Cornulaca is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Western Tropical Africa to China. Species: Cornulaca alaschanica C.P.Tsien & G.L.Chu Cornulaca aucheri Moq. Cornulaca ehrenbergii Asch. Cornulaca korshinskyi Litv. Cornulaca monacantha Delile Cornulaca setifera (DC.) Moq.

Balanites is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The name Balanites derives from the Greek word for an acorn and refers to the fruit. It was coined by Alire Delile in 1813.

Traganum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula and Iraq. Species: Traganum moquinii Webb ex Moq. Traganum nudatum Delile

Ochradenus is a genus of flowering plants in family Resedaceae. It contains the eight species which range from northeastern Africa through the Arabian Peninsula to Iran and India.

Najas graminea, also known as ricefield water-nymph is a species of aquatic plant found in freshwater habitats, especially still or slow-moving waters, like ponds and rice fields. It grows to a maximum length of 30 cm. The flowers are monoecious. The flowering season is from July to September. The natural distribution of this annual plant covers most of Africa as well as the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and northern Australia. It has become naturalized in Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Crimea and California. This plant is also commercialized in the

Peplidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phrymaceae. Its native range is Egypt to Sinai, Indian subcontinent, and Australia. The genus was first described by Alire Raffeneau Delile in 1813.

Ozoroa is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

Cornulaca monacantha is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cornulaca, that is now included in the family Amaranthaceae, (formerly Chenopodiaceae). It is a desert plant found in the Middle East and the Sahara, and the southern end of its range is considered to delineate the edge of the desert. In Arabic it is known as had and djouri, and the Tuareg people call it tahara. It was first described in 1813 by the French botanist Alire Raffeneau Delile.

Ficus platyphylla is a deciduous tree within the family Moraceae. Common local names include Gamji in Hausa and Gaba or Kobo in Bambara.

Feretia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa.

Cyperus dives is a plant in the genus Cyperus of the sedge family, Cyperaceae, which is found from south-west Syria to Africa, and from Pakistan to Vietnam. The SANBI Red List of South African Plants assessed its conservation status as being of "Least Concern" in 2006.

Croton macrostachyus is a species of flowering plant native to the mountains of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Sterculia setigera is a deciduous tree species within the Malvaceae family. It commonly occurs in the Sahelo-Sudan and Guinea savannah zones of Tropical Africa. Among the Hausa people it is known as Kukkuki and Boɓori among Fulani people of Nigeria. It is an important tree crop in Senegal as Gum karaya obtained from the woody species is exported from the country.

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Galiniera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Ficus glumosa, also known as the mountain fig or hairy rock fig, is an Afrotropical fig shrub or tree, growing up to 20 m tall. It is found over a range of altitudes and broken terrain types, including kopjes, outcrops, escarpments and lava flows, or in woodlands. It is for the greater part absent from the tropical rainforest zone, or the dry interior regions of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

The river sandpaper fig (Ficus capreifolia) is a fig shrub or small tree of the western and eastern Afrotropics. It is typically found around pans or flood plains, or along riparian fringes in tropical or subtropical savanna regions, but is absent from the tropical rainforest zone. Despite its regular scrambling habit it may attain a height of 7 to 10 m (23 to 33 ft). The bark is pale and smooth, and the branches are slender. Their rough-textured, pear-shaped, yellowish-green figs are up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter and grow on short stalks from the leaf axils. The elongate leaves are rough

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Echium rauwolfii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, whose native range is North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.

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Artemisia monosperma is a species of flowering plant in the wormwood genus Artemisia, family Asteraceae, native to Libya, Egypt, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. It plays an important role in ecological succession by stabilizing sand dunes.

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Ochradenus baccatus is a perennial shrub of the family Resedaceae, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Middle East, North Africa, and into Iran and Pakistan. It is characterized by its green, leafless branches and distinctive yellow flowers and white berries. It is widespread in disturbed habitats and desert depressions, including roadsides and semi-natural areas.

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