LIST OF POPULAR NAMES 



OF AFRICAN PLANTS AND THEIR PRODUCTS 



African ammoniacum — Ferula. 



African mahogany — Khaya. 



African sandal-wood — Osyris. 



African teak — Oldfieldia. 



African tulip-tree — Spathodea. 



Akee — Blighia. 



Alder — Alnus. 



Alkanet — Anchusa. 



Allseed — Radiola. 



Allspice — Pimenta. 



Almond — Prunus. 



Am batch — Aeschynomene. 



Anise — Pimpinella. 



Apple — Pirus. 



Apricot — Prunus. 



Amatto — Bixa. 



Arrow-root — Maranta, Tacca. 



Artichoke — Cynara. 



Ash — Fraxinus. 



Avens — Geum. 



Avocado-pear — Persea. 



Balata — Mimusops. 



Balm — Melissa. 



Balsam — Impatiens. 



Bamboo — Bambusa (and allies), Raphia. 



Banana — Musa. 



Baobab — Adansonia. 



Barley — Hordeum. 



Basil — Ocimum. 



Bead- tree — Melia. 



Bean — Phaseolus, Vicia. 



Beef-wood — Casuarina, Mimusops. 



Bent-grass — Agrostis. 



Betel-palm — Areca. 



Bindweed — Convolvulus. 



Bird's-foot — Ornithopus. 



Bitter cress — Cardamine. 



Black mustard — Brassica. 



Bladderwort — Utricularia. 



Blood-plum — Haematostaphis. 



Borage — Borrago. 



Bottle-gourd — Lagenaria. 



Box — Buxus. 



Bowstring-hemp — Sansevieria. 

 Bramble — Rubus. 

 Breadfruit — Artocarpus. 

 Broomrape — Orobanche. 

 Buckthorn — Rhamnus. 

 Buckwheat — Fagopyrum. 

 Bugle — Ajuga. 

 Bugloss — Echium. 

 Burdock — Arctium. 

 Bur-reed — Sparganium. 



Cabbage — Brassica. 



Calabar-bean — Physostigma. 



Calla — Zantedeschia. 



Calumba-root — latrorrhiza. 



Camellia — Thea. 



Camomile — Anthemis, Matricaria. 



Camphor — Blumea, Cinnamomum. 



Cam-wood — Baphia. 



Canary-seed — Phalaris. 



Candlenut — Aleurites. 



Candytuft — Iberis. 



Cane — Calamus (and allies). 



Caper — Capparis. 



Caraway — Carum. 



Cardamom — Elettaria. 



Carob — Ceratonia. 



Carrot — Daucus. 



Cashew — Anacardium. 



Cassava — Manihot. 



Castor-oil — Ricinus. 



Cayenne-pepper — Capsicum. 



Ceara-rubber — Manihot. 



Cedar — Cedrus. 



Celandine — Chelidonium. 



Celery — Apium. 



Cherry — Prunus. 



Chervil — Anthriscus. 



Chestnut — Castanea. 



Chick-pea — Cicer. 



Chicory — Cichorium. 



Chillies — Capsicum. 



Chinese grasscloth-plant — Boehmeria 



Clover — Trifolium. 



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