Dracaena ombet

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.

Dracaena ombet
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dracaena
Species:
D. ombet
Binomial name
Dracaena ombet
Subspecies[2]
  • Dracaena ombet subsp. ombet
  • Dracaena ombet subsp. schizantha (Baker) Bos
Synonyms[2]
  • Draco ombet (Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.) Kuntze

Description

It is a tree that reaches a size of 2-8 m in height, with a forked trunk, 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, linear. Stamens 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. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dracaena ombet". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T30395A9535978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30395A9535978.en.
  2. "Dracaena ombet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  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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