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Quote: Among the best known vegetation to predict rainy season across Sudanese cultural contours is Acacia albida tree (called locally Haraz). The phrase “Haraz war against rains” known to all Sudanese as Haraz trees dislike rains, and for that reason shed off its leaves when rains season approaching. Such Sudanese cultural attitude toward Haraz phenomenon is just cress-crossing with Baggara mentality about vegetation phenology as predicates of raining season. Baggara use a large array of plants to predict or monitor rains and rainy season. Reflecting for a moment about “Haraz war against rains” phrase: Does Acacia albida knows that rain is approaching and purposely shed off its leaves? Why it shed off its leaves from rains? Or how Baggara know it is shedding off leaves because it dislikes rains? It turns out that Acacia albida introduced species from Indian subcontinent, and it happens its leaves shedding season, there, is equating to the beginning of raining season in Sudan. In essence, Acacia albida trees kept their biological clock unaltered, which seem odd for introduced tree species which mostly adapt to the new environment or may fail. It turns, Baggara care only about whether the Haraz trees predicating raining season or not! It is true in this sense, that the tree is excellent predicator of the start of the rainy season or most likely summer ending. Baggara use many trees to predict the event of the rainy season. Trees such as Albizia species