Africa's rainfall patern Country Botswana Algeria Angola Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Canary Islands Chad Djibouti

Eritrea Ethiopia India Kenya Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Oman Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Socotra Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Yemen Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe Months of Rain Nov - April

June - October April - June / Oct - Dec Jan - March H.keniensis,

Nov - Dec Dec - May

H. plowesii, H. thuretii, H. zebrina

No rain

H.arabica, H.macrocarpa, H saudi arabica

Oct - March winter

H. barbata, O. ciliata

April - June March - June

H. aspera, H. schneideriana H. rosea,

Dec - March Sept - Feb

H. oculta,