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Lantana camara L. Verbenaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
لانتانا كامارا

It is a perennial, erect sprawling or scandent, shrub. The leaves are broadly ovate, opposite, and simple and have a strong odour when crushed. L. camara has small tubular-shaped flowers, which each have four petals and are arranged in clusters in terminal areas stems. Flowers come in many different colours, including red, yellow, white, pink and orange. The flower has a tutti frutti smell with a peppery undertone. 

It is native to the American tropics

Pelargonium graveolens L. Her. Geraniaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
العطر

It is an erect, multi-branched shrub, that grows up to 1.5 m and has a spread of 1 m. The leaves are deeply incised, velvety and soft to the touch (due to glandular hairs). The flowers vary from pale pink to almost white and the plant flowers from August to January. The leaves may be strongly rose-scented, although the leaf shape and scent vary. 

It is native to the Cape Provinces and the Northern Provinces of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
 

Pelargonium zonale L. Geraniaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
الجارونيا

It is an upright or scrambling shrub, normally growing to about 1 m in height. Its stems are succulent, hairy when young and becoming woody with age. The leaves often have a narrow, dark, zigzag "zone" of pigmentation, giving rise to both the scientific and common names. The flowers are borne in an umbel; individual flowers are markedly zygomorphic. The petals are narrow and a bright, deep pink, with reddish lines along the petals' length. Leaves are reniform and petiolate with an average diameter of 5 to 8 cm. 
it is native to southern Africa.
 

Vinca rosea (L.) G. Don Abocynaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
الونكا

It is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. they are known commonly as periwinkles.  These are perennial herbs with oppositely or almost oppositely arranged leaves. Flowers are usually solitary in the leaf axils. Each has a calyx with five long, narrow lobes and a corolla with a tubular throat and five lobes. 
the plant is native to  endemic to Madagascar

Santolina chamaecyparissus L. Asteraceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
الشيح

It is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae. They have a self-supporting growth form. They have broad leaves and achenes. Individuals can grow to 0.4 m.
It is native to Mediterranean area


 

Chrysanthemum indicum L. Asteraceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
الأقحوان

It grows up to 0.6 m by 0.6 m. It usually blooms from August to October. It must be grown outside under sunlight with moist soil. They normally have yellow or white flowers with yellow pollen. 
It is native to Southeast Asia.

Schinus terebinthifolia L. Anacardiaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
الفلفل الأبيض

Dioeceous tree, up to 20 m high, pinnate leaves, white flowers and small, pink, berry-like fruits, not in fact related to pepper at all.
The tree is native to Brazil.

Casuarina equistifolia L. Casuarinaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
كازورينا

Tall trees, up to 50 m high, with delicate, slender branches and leaves (scales), the tree look more like a wispy conifer. Widely planted as wind-breaks. Growing in Assiut along Ibrahimia canal facing the university bulidings.

The tree is native to Australia.

Ziziphus spina-Christi (L.)Desf. Rhamnaceae

Faculty
العلوم
Arabic Title
السدر - النبق

It is an evergreen tree or plant. Fruit and leaves from the tree were used in preparing ancient Egyptian foods and cultural practices.

The tree is native to northern and tropical Africa, Southern and Western Asia.

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