Mazhar Botanic Garden

Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.

Gabal Elba Dragon tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000804
Common name: Gabal Elba Dragon tree
English name: Nubian dragon tree
Arabic name: دراسينا اومبيت
Native: Northeast tropical Africa
Country: Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Sudan Tropical africa
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen tree grow up to 2-8 m height, with a forked trunk leaves sharp, thick and rigid, form dense rosettes at the end of the branches flowers whitish in panicle fruit berries 10-12 mm in diameter

Edible fruit. the resin obtained from the trunk is used in traditional medicine. The resin obtained from the closely related D. Draco has a wide range of uses: as a varnish for staining wood in items such as violins for embalming the dead etc.

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Texture: Acid granite Calcareous Mildly acidic soils Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Poorly drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Low water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10a : 10b
pH range: 6.1-7.9
Status: Endangered
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Small tree
Collecting Sources: Desert
Plant Uses: Edible Flora Gum Medicinal
Plant Populations density: Very Rare
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline

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