And the houses are either made of millet stalks or of a thin reed called al-Murhayb. The latter is only used for the houses of the 'Aynaba and the dignitaries. There is also a fine, thin reed with few knots, like the sammar, white with a yellowish tinge. The imams mention it, especially after the rains and the wilting of vegetation in the lands of Sudan. Its individual stalks are too numerous to count and cannot be fully identified. I know of nothing else like it except what is famous and widespread, whose fame fills the regions. I was then in the age of youth and ignorance, and I would wear a jilbab. But due to my extensive interaction with them and my thorough knowledge, I knew it by name, but I cannot distinguish it completely. It is the "shajar al-sha'" (tree of the sheep), which is a large and small tree, and 'Umayrah is more composite. This small one is taller than a person, and its bark is green compared to the large one, because the bark of the large one is more colored, meaning its color is more pronounced. It is a color that approaches yellow. The sayabiq are bright white or blue during the season when they bear clusters that the people of Sudan eat. These clusters contain seeds like the smallest grapes. What has ripened is black, what is close to ripening is red, and what is not close to it is green. Its taste is sweet with some spiciness. Its leaves, I believe, are white or close to white, green on the outside and inside. And the battum is a large tree, impressive in appearance, with a pronounced color.