Dracaena_ombet

<i>Dracaena ombet</i>

Dracaena ombet

Species of plant

Dracaena ombet, commonly known as Gabal Elba dragon tree, is a species of plant belonging to the Asparagaceae family, formerly included in the Ruscaceae. It is found in northeastern Africa and the western Arabian Peninsula.

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Description

It is a tree that reaches a size of 2–8 m in height, with a forked trunk that produces a red resin. The leaves form dense rosettes at the ends of the branches, these are linear with a broad base, 40–60 x up to 3 cm, gradually tapering to the tip that is sharp, thick and rigid, with smooth margins, flat to concave in the top. The inflorescence is panicle-shaped, 0.5 m long, highly branched, glabrous or pubescent, with tiny, ovate-lanceolate bracts. Whitish tepals, 4–6 mm long, are linear. Stamens are somewhat shorter than tepals; flattened filaments. The fruit in the form of berries 10–12 mm in diameter.[2]

Distribution

It is found at an altitude of 1000–1800 m in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Saudi Arabia.[2]

Taxonomy

Dracaena ombet was described by Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr. and published in Plantae tinneanae sive descriptio plantarum in ... 47, in 1867.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dracaena ombet". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. IUCN: e.T30395A9535978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30395A9535978.en.
  2. [2]
    "Dracaena ombet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Dracaena ombet". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

Bibliography

  • BOULOS, L. (1995). Flora of Egypt. Checklist. Al-Hadara Publishing, Cairo. 283 p. [p.]
  • BOULOS, L. (2005). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 4] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p. 83]


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