Trees for Traditional Arabic Gardens

Ziziphus spina christi Christ's Thorn Jujube

Tamarix aphylla Athel Tree (Salt Cedar)

Albizia lebbeck Siris Tree (Woman’s Tongue Tree)

Searsia pendulina White Karee

Lawsonia inermis Henna

Spathodea campanulata African Tulip Tree

Salix mucronata Cape Willow

Populus euphratica Euphrates Poplar

Olea chrysophylla (cuspidata) African Wild Olive

Nuxia oppositifolia Wild Elder

Ficus vasta Warka Tree

Ficus sycomorus Sycamore Fig

Ficus salicifolia Wonderboom Fig

Ficus ingens Red

Combretum molle Velvet Bushwillow

Acacia ehrenbergiana (Vachellia flava) Salam Tree

Ziziphus mauritiana Indian Jujube

Ziziphus spina christi Christ's Thorn Jujube

Capparis decidua Caper Bush

Calotropis procera Apple of Sodom

Retama raetam Retem

Dobera glabra Glabra Desert Tree

Barringtonia racemosa Powder

Delonix elata White Gulmohar

Acacia arabica (Vachellia nilotica) Babul Tree

Balanites aegyptiaca Desert Date

Acacia seyal (Vachellia) Red Acacia Tree

Acacia tortilis (Vachellia) Umbrella Thorn Tree

Acacia mellifera (Senegalia) Black Thorn Tree

Moringa peregrina Wild Moringa