PLANT INDEX 



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Banana, Musa spp., 205, 248. 

 Banyan, Ficus indica, 211. 

 Baobab (calabash or monkey's 



bread;, Adansonia digitata, 211, 



213, 228, 231, 236. 

 Batoum pistacia (see Atlantic 



pistacia). 



Bombax, Silk cotton tree, 226. 

 Borassus palm (deleb), Borassus 



Aethiopium, 211, 228, 230. 

 Bunchgrass, Bouteloua oligostachya, 



216. 

 Butter and tallow tree (guttifer 



shi butter) ButyrospermumParkii, 



211, 213, 228. 



Calotropis spp., Mudar, 223. 

 Canary date palm, Phoenix cana- 



riensis, 204. 

 Candelabra euphoria, Candle- stick 



cactus, 219, 220, 223, 231, 236, 



238. 



Cape heath, Erica spp., 245. 

 Capparis spinosa, Common caper, 



244. 



Cassia, Senna plant, 221. 

 Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus Libani, 



246. 

 Ceiba, Eriodendron anfractuosum, 



226, 230. 



Chlorophora spp., Odum, &c., 226. 

 Cistus spp., Kock rose, &c., 200. 

 Coco- nut palm, Cocos nucifera, 226. 

 Coffee sp., Cojfea, 226, 231. 

 Cork oak, Quercus Suber, 201. 

 Cotton, Glossypium spp., 226, 231. 



Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, 201, 



208. 

 Dhurra millet, Sorghum vulgare, 



209. 

 Doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica, 



209, 211, 213, 215. 

 Dragon tree, Dracaena Draco, 204, 



220, 230. 



Drinn, Aristida pungens, 203, 207. 

 Dwarf oak, Quercus humilis, 200. 

 Dwarf palm, Chamaerops humilis, 



201. 



Ephedra spp., sea grape, shrubby 



horse tail, &c., 206. 

 Esparto, see Alfa. 

 Euphorbia, 248. 



Evergreen (holm) oak, Quercus 

 Ilex, 201. 



Fig, Ficus Carica, 201, 226, 230. 

 Frankincense tree, Boswellia spp., 

 220, 221. 



Giraffe acacia (African camel 



thorn), Acacia giraffae, 242, 244. 

 Gum acacia, Acacia arabica (Sene- 



galensis), 220. 

 Guttifer shi butter (butter and 



tallow tree), Butyrospermum 



ParJdi, 211, 213, 228. 



Holm oak, Quercus Ilex, 202. 

 Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, 221. 



Jujube tree, Zisyphus Jujuba, 203. 

 Juniper, Juniperus spp., 219, 220, 

 235. 



Karee boom, Erythrina tomentosa, 



244. 

 Kat, Caltha edulis, 221. 



Lavender (Saharan), Lavandula 



coronipifolia, 200, 202. 

 Lentiscus (Pistacia lentiscus), Mastic 



tree, 200. 



Leucadendron spp., Silver trees, 245. 

 Lobelia, 235. 

 Lucerne (alfalfa), Medicago safiva, 



201. 



Maize, Zea Mais, 201, 248. 

 Mangrove, Avicennia nitida, Rhizo- 



phora mucronata, 227, 249. 

 Mediterranean cypress, 246. 

 Mimosa, 211, 228. 

 Mopani tree (African iron wood), 



Copaifora Mopani, 239. 

 Myrrh, Commiphoramyrrha,220,221. 

 Myrtle. 202. 



Nubian acacia, Acacia Senegalensis, 

 215. 



Oak, Quercus spp. , 200. 

 Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, 211, 

 226, 230. 



