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ANNEX 1 GLOSSARY OF CROPS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT


Botanical name

Common name(s)

Common synonym(s)

Acacia albida Del.


Faidherbia albida

Acroceras macrum Stapf

Nile grass


Alhagi sp.

camel thorn


Arachis hypogaea L.

groundnut, peanut


Astragalus adsurgens

North China milk-vetch


Astragalus sinicus L.

Chinese milk-vetch, gege


Astragalus spp.

locoweed


Atriplex spp.

saltbush


Avena byzantina C. Koch.

black oat, red oat


Avena sativa L.

common oat


Avena strigosa Schreb.

bristle-point oat


Beta vulgaris L.

beet, mangold


Brachiaria mutica (Forsk.) Stapf

Pará grass


Brassica campestris L.

turnip and rape


Brassica napobrassica (L.) Mill.

swede, rutabaga


Bromus unioloides Kunth.

rescue grass

B. catharticus, B. marginatus

Cenchrus ciliaris L.

buffelgrass


Ceratonia siliqua L.

carob, locust


Chloris gayana Kunth.

Rhodes grass


Coronilla varia L.

crown-vetch


Cyamopsis tetragonaloba (L.) Taub.

guar, cluster bean

C. psoraloides

Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton and Harlan

giant African star grass

C. dactylon

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

star grass, Bermuda grass


Cynodon nlemfuensis Vandersyst

African star grass

C. polystachyon, C. dactylon

Dactylis glomerata L.

cocksfoot, orchard grass


Diplachne fusca (L.) Beauv.

kullur grass

Leptochloa fusca

Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link.

barnyard millet


Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

finger millet


Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees.

weeping love-grass


Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter

teff

E. abyssinica

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.

tall fescue

F. elatior

Galega officinalis L.

goat's rue


Gleditsia triacanthos L.

honey locust


Glycine max (L.) Merr.

soya, soybean

G. hispida, G. soja, Soja max

Hedysarum coronarium L.

sulla


Hordeum vulgare L.

barley


Lathyrus sativus L.

chickling vetch, grass pea


Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit



Lolium multiflorum Lam.

Italian ryegrass

L. italicum

Lolium perenne L.

perennial ryegrass


Lotus corniculatus L.

birdsfoot trefoil


Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr.

big trefoil

L. pedunculatus, L. major

Medicago falcata L.

sickle-pod lucerne


Medicago media Pers.

variegated lucerne


Medicago sativa L.

lucerne, alfalfa


Melilotus alba Desr.

sweet clover


Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall.

sweet clover


Melilotus indica (L.) All.

senji, Indian clover


Melilotus suaveolens

Daghestan clover


Morus alba L.

mulberry


Morus serrata Roxb.

Himalayan mulberry


Olea europaea L.

olive


Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

sainfoin


Ornithopus compressus L.

yellow serradella


Ornithopus compressus Brot.

pink serradella


Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller

prickly pear


Panicum miliaceum L.

millet, proso


P coloratum L.

coloured Guineagrass; kleingrass


P. coloratum var. makaraikariensis

makarikari grass


P. maximum Jacq.

Guineagrass


P. maximum var. trichoglume

slender guinea


Paspalum dilatatum Poir.

dallis grass


Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum.

bulrush millet

P. typhoides

Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

elephant grass, Napier grass


Phalaris arundinacea L.

reed canary grass


Phleum pratense L.

timothy


Pisum sativum L.

pea

P. arvense

Prosopis juliflora DC

algaroba, mesquite


Puccinellia sp.

salt grass


Secale cereale L.

rye


Senecio jacobea

ragwort


Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.

dhaincha, jantar

S. aegyptica

Setaria italica L.

fox-tail millet


Setaria sphacelata (Schum) Stapf and Hubbard

Nandi setaria

S. anceps var. sphacelata

Sorghum almum Parodi.

Columbus grass


S. arundinaceum var. sudanense

Sudan grass


S. bicolor (L.) var. vulgare

sorghum

S. vulgare

S. halepense (L.) Pers.

Johnson grass


Trifolium alexandrinum L.

Egyptian clover, berseem


Trifolium fragiferum L.

strawberry clover


Trifolium incarnatum L

crimson clover


Trifolium pratense L.

red clover


Trifolium repens L.

White clover


Trifolium resupinatum L.

shaftal, Persian clover

T suaveolens

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

fenugreek


Triticum aestivum L. Thell.

wheat


Vicia atropurpurea Desf.

purple vetch


Vicia dasycarpa

woolly-pod vetch


Vicia sativa L.

common vetch


Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.

cowpea


Zea mays L.

maize, corn (USA)



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