Herbaria

Family

Asparagaceae

subfamily

Nolinoideae

Genus

Dracaena L.

Species

Dracaena ombet Kotschy & Peyr.

herbariaSubsps

ombet

herbariaVariety

Authority

Kotschy & Peyr.

citation

PL. Tinn. 47 (1867)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

TANE (Ge)

CAIRC (Ge)

ASTU (Ge)

CAIA (Ge)

CAIM (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

CAIA (wadi haikwel)

herbariaDetailedLocality

CAIA (Gabel Elba Wadi Haikwel)

herbariaDate

TANE (Mar-97)

CAIA (23/Oct/1956)

herbariaCollector

TANE (M. Sheded)

CAIA (A. Khattab)

herbariaCollectorNo

TANE (9913)

herbariaNoOfSheets

TANE (1)

CAIA (27,3,1)

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

CAIRC

ASTU

CAIA

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (8)

TANE (1)

CAIRC (4)

ASTU (2)

CAIA (2)

Habitat

Mountainous drainages and springs, mist oases, upper and middle slopes

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Nano-Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Ombeit امبيت

EnglishName

Dragon tree

herbariaUses

Folk medicine-

edible fruit

GlobalDistribution

Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, SE Egypt ro Arabia

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

Egypt (EN)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Boulos, L.2005. Draecenaceae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol. 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Ghazali, U., et al 2008. The globally endangered Dracaena ombet monitoring and assessment project in Gabel Elba protected area, Egypt. Final Report, Conservation Leadership Programme.

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium

El Hadidi, M., Abdel Ghani, M. and Fahmy, A.G. 1992. The plant red data book of Egypt. 1. woody perennial.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbrium. Cairo, Egypt