| SN. | English Name | Scientific Name | Family Name | Plant growth form | Local Name(s) | Status |
| 1. | Prickly thorn/Wait a bit thorn | Senegalia brevispica | Fabaceae | Shrub | Ligee (Kijita/Kikara), Olgirigiri (Maasai), | Common |
| 2. | Red acacia/Whistling tree | Vachellia seyal | Fabaceae | Tree | Linyanya (Kikara/Kijita), Olchoray, elereta (Maasai) | Common |
| 3. | Velvet-leaved combretum | Combretum molle | Combretaceae | Tree | Lilama (Kikara/Kijita), Namata (Sukuma) | Common |
| 4. | Desert date/soap berry tree | Balanites aegyptiaca | Zygophyllaceae | Tree | Liluguyu (Kikara/Kijita), miyuguyu (Sukuma), Orng’oswa, osaragi (Maasai) | Common |
| 5. | Drooping balanites | Balanites grabra | Zygophyllaceae | Tree | Liluguyu (Kikara/Kijita), miyuguyu (Sukuma), Orng’oswa, osaragi (Maasai) | Common |
| 6. | Three-thorned acacia/Gum Arabic tree | Acacia senegal | Fabaceae | Tree | Liluga (Kijita) | Common |
| 7. | Raisin bush/Tar berry | Ozoroa insignis | Anacardiaceae | Tree | Likalakala (Kikara/Kijita) | Common |
| 8. | Ana tree/Apple-ring acacia | Faidherbia albida | Fabaceae | Tree | Mpogoro (Bena, Hehe), Mkungugu (Gogo) | Rare |
| 9. | Khaki bur/Khaki weed | Alternanthera punges | Amaranthaceae | Creeping forb | Alaimererwani (Maasai) | Common |
| 10. | Egyptian pea/Egyptian river hemp | Sesbania sesban | Fabaceae | Tree/Shrub | Lilindi (Kikara/Kijita) | Common |
| 11. | Paper reed/Indian matting plant | Cyperus papyrus | Cyperaceae | Sedge | Indago (Kijita), eseiyia (Maasai) | Common |
| 12. | Purple nut sedge/Giant sedge | Cyperus rotundus | Cyperaceae | Sedge | Indago (Kikara/Kijita), ndago (Sukuma), oseyai (Maasai) | Common |
| 13. | Great sedge | Cyperus immensus | Cyperaceae | Sedge | Indago (Kikara/Kijita), ndago (Sukuma), oseyai (Maasai) | Common |