Woody climber. Leaves orbicular or reniform, more or less entire to
deeply 5-lobed, with irregular, mucronate teeth. Flowers in densely
compound lateral cymes.
Mongalla Prov.
=C. gracilis= _Guill._ & _Perr._
Slender climber. Leaves pedate; leaflets 5, the shorter forked, all thin
of texture.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat).
=C. intricata= _Baker._ LIF or LUFA—Arab.
Slender woody climber; leaflets 3-5, pedate, firmly membranous. Flowers
in 4-6 in. broad cymes.
White Nile Prov.
=C. Thonningii= _Baker._
Leaves 3-5 fol., serrate; leaflets distinctly stalked, edges loosely
crenate. Flowers in lax, branched cymes. 4-6 in. broad.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dilling).
=C. Figariana= _Webb._
Erect, hairy undershrub. Leaves 5-7 fol.
Nubia.
=C. cyphopetala= _Pres._
Climber with puberulous stems and softly tomentose serrate leaflets and
broad open cymes of small flowers.
Red Sea Prov. (Has Has).
=RUTACEÆ.=
376 =Ruta tuberculata= _Forsk._
Herb with tubercled glands; leaves linear, with pellucid glands. Flowers
usually 5-merous; petals entire.
Nubia; Berber Prov. (Berber Desert); Khartoum Prov. (Halfaya); White
Nile Prov.; Red Sea Prov. (Khors, Karora-hills).
Yields a volatile oil, which may act as an irritant when the plant is
handled.
377 =Teclea nobilis= _Hook. f._ FURFURRUK (J. Daier)—Nuba; FIK—Bari;
SEKIA—Golo.
Unarmed large shrub or small tree; leaves 3-fol., large. Flowers
unisexual. Male flowers 4-merous, sessile in branching panicles shorter
than leaves. Female flowers in short axillary spikes.
Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Wau, Bongo-land:
Dukuttu & Mittu-land: by the Rohl River); Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
The wood is used for spear shafts in Bahr El Ghazal and for bark mallets
in Uganda.
377a =Toddalia aculeata= _Pers._
Erect or scrambling shrub, armed with recurved prickles. Leaves 3-fol.,
alternate, with pellucid glands; petioles often with prickles beneath.
Flowers unisexual, cream coloured, panicled.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
378 =Clausena anisata= _Oliv._
Shrub with pinnate leaves, which are 6-12 in. long; leaflets 10-20,
ovate or ovate-oblong. Flowers white, numerous on axillary, paniculate
cymes; stamens 8-10. Berry 1-seeded.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Wau & Deim Zubeir).
379 =Citrus Aurantium= _Linn._
=var. amara= L. NARING—Arab. The Bitter Orange.
Grown throughout the country in gardens; frequently used as a stock for
the sweet orange, mandarin and sweet lemon.
=var. sinensis= _Gall. Citr._ BORTUGAN—Arab. The Sweet Orange.
Grown throughout the country in gardens.
=C. decumana= _Linn._ LIMUN HINDI—Arab. The Grape Fruit or Shaddock.
Occasionally found in gardens.
=C. medica= _Linn._ =var. Limon= _Gall. Citr._
=subvar. acris.= LIMUN BALADI—Arab. The Lime.
Grown everywhere in gardens and frequently on Sagias.
=subvar. Limetta= _Risso._ LIMUN HELLU—Arab. The Lemon.
Cultivated in gardens.
=C. nobilis= _Lour._ YUSEF EFFENDI—Arab. The Mandarin.
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