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 this classification
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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