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Plants of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

A list of plant species found in the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site in Tanzania, Africa. The list also includes plants found throughout the broader Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Lantana camara ¹
Spanish Flag

Lantana trifolia ²

Lantana viburnoides

Justicia betonica ³
Squirrel's Tail

Argemone mexicana ⁴
Mexican Pricklypoppy

Datura stramonium ⁵
jimsonweed

Solanum incanum
Thorn Apple

Nicandra physalodes
Apple of Peru

Lonicera japonica ⁶
Japanese Honeysuckle

Cussonia holstii

Cussonia spicata ⁷
Cabbage Tree

Dombeya rotundifolia ⁸
wildpear

Azanza garckeana

Hibiscus aponeurus

Abutilon indicum ⁹
Indian Mallow

Abutilon longicuspe ¹⁰

Abutilon mauritianum ¹¹

Adansonia digitata ¹²
Baobab

Clutia abyssinica ¹³
lightningbush

Euphorbia candelabrum ¹⁴

Euphorbia tirucalli ¹⁵
Fire stick

Croton dichogamus

Croton macrostachyus ¹⁶
Afrikankrotoni

Acalypha fruticosa

Cassipourea malosana ¹³
Onionwood

Balanites aegyptiaca

Tribulus terrestris ¹⁷
puncture vine

Cadaba farinosa ¹⁸

Salvadora persica ⁴
toothbrush tree

Cissus cactiformis

Cissus quadrangularis ¹³
Veld grape

Cyperus dives ¹⁶

Cyperus laevigatus ¹⁹
smooth flatsedge

Cyperus papyrus ²⁰
Paper reed

Cyperus rigidifolius ¹⁶

Cyperus rotundus ²¹
nutgrass

Brachiaria eruciformis
brizanta

Brachiaria umbratilis

Urochloa panicoides

Themeda triandra

Setaria pumila ²²
cattail grass

Setaria sphacelata ²³

Digitaria abyssinica ²⁴
African couchgrass

Digitaria milanjiana ²⁵
Madagascar crabgrass

Cymbopogon nardus ²⁶
barbwire grass

Eragrostis patula ¹³
elastic grass

Cynodon dactylon ²⁷
Scutch-grass

Cynodon nlemfuensis ²⁴
African Bermudagrass

Cynodon plectostachyus ²⁸
stargrass

Leptochloa fusca ²⁹
Brown Beetle-grass

Panicum coloratum

Panicum repens ²¹
creeping panic

Pennisetum clandestinum ³⁰
kikuyu grass

Chloris gayana ²³
Rhodes grass

Chloris pycnothrix ²⁴
spiderweb chloris

Aristida adscensionis ³¹
sixweeks three-awn

Leersia hexandra
lambedor

Hyparrhenia hirta ³²
thatching grass

Andropogon greenwayi

Bothriochloa insculpta

Cenchrus ciliaris ²¹
buffelgrass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium ²¹
Durban Crow-foot Grass

Heteropogon contortus ³³
tanglehead

Sansevieria ehrenbergii ³⁴

Hyphaene petersiana ³⁵

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Plants of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Lantana camara 1 Spanish Flag

Justicia betonica 3 Squirrel's Tail

Argemone mexicana 4 Mexican Pricklypoppy

Datura stramonium 5 jimsonweed

Solanum incanum Thorn Apple

Nicandra physalodes Apple of Peru

Lonicera japonica 6 Japanese Honeysuckle

Cussonia spicata 7 Cabbage Tree

Dombeya rotundifolia 8 wildpear

Abutilon indicum 9 Indian Mallow

Adansonia digitata 12 Baobab

Clutia abyssinica 13 lightningbush

Euphorbia tirucalli 15 Fire stick

Croton macrostachyus 16 Afrikankrotoni

Cassipourea malosana 13 Onionwood

Tribulus terrestris 17 puncture vine

Salvadora persica 4 toothbrush tree

Cissus quadrangularis 13 Veld grape

Cyperus laevigatus 19 smooth flatsedge

Cyperus papyrus 20 Paper reed

Cyperus rotundus 21 nutgrass

Brachiaria eruciformis brizanta

Setaria pumila 22 cattail grass

Digitaria abyssinica 24 African couchgrass

Digitaria milanjiana 25 Madagascar crabgrass

Cymbopogon nardus 26 barbwire grass

Eragrostis patula 13 elastic grass

Cynodon dactylon 27 Scutch-grass

Cynodon nlemfuensis 24 African Bermudagrass

Cynodon plectostachyus 28 stargrass

Leptochloa fusca 29 Brown Beetle-grass

Panicum repens 21 creeping panic

Pennisetum clandestinum 30 kikuyu grass

Chloris gayana 23 Rhodes grass

Chloris pycnothrix 24 spiderweb chloris

Aristida adscensionis 31 sixweeks three-awn

Leersia hexandra lambedor

Hyparrhenia hirta 32 thatching grass

Cenchrus ciliaris 21 buffelgrass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium 21 Durban Crow-foot Grass

Heteropogon contortus 33 tanglehead