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Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana) Arabic name: Fetna Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (168)
Spine and Plaza (12) The Sweet Acacia's blooms are wonderful little golden yellow puffballs with an amazingly sweet scent that is reminiscent of grape flavored Pez candy. The plant, a member of the Mimosa family, may be a native of Africa, although some botanists disagree on this issue. |
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Gum Arabic (Acacia nilotica) Arabic name: Sant Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (173) Acacia is a genus of about 1350 species, distributed from Africa around the Indian Ocean to tropical Asia and Australia and in the tropical Americas. |
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Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) Arabic name: Labkh Ahmar Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (15)
Spine and Plaza (8) The silk tree is a fast growing, deciduous small tree reaching heights up to 35 ft (10.7 m). The mimosa, as it is also called, has an open, airy, umbrellalike canopy often with multiple trunks. The trunk is smooth and the branches arch gracefully. The tiny flowers are pink and arranged in compound clusters about 6 in (15.2 cm) across that look like fluffy silk powder puffs. Their fragrance fills the mid-summer air and attracts honey bees. |
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Lebbek (Albizia lebbeck) Arabic name: Labakh Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (673)
Spine and Plaza (18) A member of the mimosa family, this plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. The flowers are very fragrant.
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Neem (Azadirachta indica) Arabic name: Naem Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (5)
Spine and Plaza (10) Also known as the umbrella tree, neem trees are broad-leaved evergreens that can reach heights of 30 meters with a trunk girth of 2.5 meters and live for over two centuries. The neem is known to Indians as a virtual living pharmacy. Daily, millions of people brush their teeth with neem twigs. Dentists confirm that this practice guards against periodontal disease. A crude antiseptic soap is made from the pulp of the olive-like fruit. A paste made from the leaves has been found to successfully treat skin lesions. |
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White Bauhinia (Bauhinia alba) Arabic name: Khof Gamal Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (9) This tree is thought to bestow love on all those that look upon it. The heart shaped leaves and orchid-like flowers signal a happy marriage in many parts of the tropical world. It is also known as the "butterfly tree" for its ability to attract butterflies. |
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Orchid (Bauhinia variegata) Arabic name: Khof Gamal Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (16)
Spine and Plaza (27) The purple orchid tree (usually just called orchid tree) is staggeringly beautiful when in bloom during its long blooming period of several months. The orchid tree grows 20-40 ft (6-12 m) tall and 10-20 ft (3-6 m) wide with a spreading crown of leaves. The flowers are reminiscent of showy orchids, with five irregular overlapping petals in shades of magenta, lavender or purplish blue. The orchid tree is a shade tree, with beautiful fragrant flowers that appear abundantly in late winter and early spring and intermittently through summer. |
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Lemon Bottlebrush (Callistemon lanceolatus) Arabic name: Farsh Zogag Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (7) The lemon bottlebrush, or weeping bottlebrush, is a small tree, growing six to ten feet tall, with a two to three foot spread. Formerly known as Callistemon lanceolatus, it is now referred to as citrinus after its lemon scented leaves. |
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Bottlebrush (Callistemon rigidus) Arabic name: Farsh Zogag Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (13) The bottlebrush is a small tree, growing six to ten feet tall, with a 6-10' spread at maturity. In the summer this Callistemon will bloom with spectacular bright red bottlebrush-like flowers that are great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. |
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Sabesten (Cordia myxa) Arabic name: Mokhait Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (29)
Spine and Plaza (7) These medium-tall trees produce beautiful fragrant white flowers. Cordia myxa matures in about 50 to 60 years by when its girth at the breast height is about 1 to 1.5 m. Its (main trunk) is generally straight and cylindrical, attaining a height of nearly 3 to 4 m. The branches spread in all directions by virtue of which its crown can be trained into a beautiful inverted dome like an umbrella. When fully grown up, the total height of the tree comes to nearly 10 to 15 m. The Cordia tree also gives a very cool and comfortable shade during the hot summer. |
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Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis) Arabic name: Del El Samaka Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (5) This is a clustering palm, which can form a clump up to 8 metres (24 feet) high and 4 metres (12 feet) across at the top. The trunks are about 150 mm (6ins) across, are light green/grayish colour with quite widely spaced leaf nodes. Each trunk produces flowers for several seasons, starting from the top of the trunk and moving downwards, but then dies after its final seeding. The leaves are light green, bipinnate, and triangular, closely resembling a fishes tail in shape. |
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Golden Shower (Cassia fistula) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (210) The golden shower tree is a medium to large size tropical tree, growing to 40ft. in good climates. It is a gorgeous tropical tree having long clusters of bright yellow flowers and widely cultivated worldwide as an ornamental tree for its beautiful showy flowers. The seeds are prized in traditional medicine for their healing properties. |
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Cassia Glauca (Cassia glauca) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (92)
Spine and Plaza (16) This cassia is a fast-growing, small evergreen tree that produces showy yellow flowers in the fall and winter. It is small, typically about 15 ft. |
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Carnival (Cassia nodosa) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (379) This 'pink and white shower tree' produces dense flowers of various shades of pink with white and flowers most of the year. |
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Carob (Ceratonia silliqua) Arabic name: Kharoub Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (162) The carob tree is a small tree of the Mediterranean coasts. It furnishes the St. John's Bread which probably corresponds to the husks of the Prodigal Son parable, and the seed which is said to have been the original jewellers' carat weight. The Spaniards call it Algaroba, and the Arabs call it Kharoub and use it to make a popular drink in many Arab countries. |
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Floss Silk (Chorisia speciosa) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (73) The silk floss tree is a beautifully branched 30-60 ft (9.1-18.3 m) tree with pale green leaves divided into 5-7 pointed leaflets. They typically drop their leaves just before they put on their spectacular autumn display of five-petaled flowers. The petals vary from pale pink to rose to purple or burgundy at the tips and grade into ivory with brownish spots or blotches at the base. |
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Sour Orange (Citrus aurantium) Arabic name: Mawaleh Bortokal Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (310)
Spine and Plaza (36) The bitter orange tree ranges in height from less than 10 ft (3 m) to 30 ft (9 m) and has white, fragrant blossoms and dark green, aromatic leaves. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. The fruit is round and 2 3/4 to 3 1/8 in (7-8 cm) wide, rough-surfaced, with a fairly thick, aromatic, bitter peel becoming bright reddish-orange on maturity and having minute, sunken oil glands. The fruit is used to make marmalade and "bitter orange oil", expressed from the peel, is used for flavoring a wide range of foods, drinks and pharmaceutical products. |
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Lemon (Citrus limon)
Arabic name: Mawaleh Lamoun Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (124)
Spine and Plaza (25) The lemon tree is a small tree, reaching 10 to 20 ft (3-6 m) in height, with white blossoms that remains in active growth all year. The leaves are dark green and fragrant. The blossoms are white on the upper surface (inside), purplish beneath (outside), and 20-40 more or less united stamens with yellow anthers. |
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Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (183) The grapefruit tree is a medium to large-size tree, excellent for shade and for growing orchids and hanging plants, providing up to 300 pounds of excellent breakfast or juice fruit per year. The grapefruit tree reaches 15 to 20 ft (4.5-6 m) or even 45 ft (13.7 m) with age, has a rounded top of spreading branches; the trunk may exceed 6 in (15 cm) in diameter; that of a very old tree actually attained nearly 8 ft (2.4 m) in circumference. |
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Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) Arabic name: Mawaleh Mandreen Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (17) Mandarin orange trees are small, sometimes spiny, trees with slender branches and lshiny evergreen leaves. Mandarins have shapely, symmetrical, rather open, rounded crowns and rarely require pruning, often reaching 15-20 ft (4.6-6.1 m) tall. The white flowers appear in March and April and are very fragrant. The orange colored fruit of most mandarins is juicy and sweet, loose skinned and easy to peel. They are 2-4 in (5.1-10.2 cm) in diameter and have easily divided sections. The fruit of most varieties matures in November or December. Mandarin oranges, with their glossy dark green leaves, fragrant springtime blossoms, and bright orange fruits, are beautiful trees in any landscape. |
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Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) Arabic name: Bortokal Sokary Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (32) The sweet orange is an evergreen tree 20-30 ft (6.1-9.1 m) tall with a rounded, symmetrical crown spreading 15-20 ft (4.6-6.1 m). The leaves are shiny and leathery. Orange blossoms are white, very fragrant, and arranged in clusters of 1-6. They bloom in spring and give rise to oranges the following autumn or winter. Last year's oranges often are still on the trees when the new flowers are blooming. |
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Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (247) Delonix regia, also known as Royal Poinciana, is native to Madagascar. It grows to about 30-45 feet tall and flowers in April to June and fruits in July to August. It is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful trees in the world. |
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Elephant's Ear (Enterolobium cyclocarpum) Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (12) The wide spreading canopy of the Elephant Ear tree makes it an ideal shade tree. Enterolobium cyclocarpum is a large tree, reaching up to 3 m diameter and 40 m in height with a huge spreading crown. |
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Indian Coral (Erythrina indica)
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Outer Campus (26) The gorgeous coral tree, botanically christened Erythrina indica, presents an unforgettable picture when in bloom: its scarlet red flowers with a regular aviary of birds hovering around them. These birds are there to feed upon the nectar inside the flower. Another interesting feature of this tree is that it has a smooth bark, streaked with vertical lines of green, buff, grey and white. |
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Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)
Arabic name: Teen Benghali Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (1) One of the most incredible trees, F. Bengalensis has adventive roots that get thicker and thicker until it reaches the diameter of the main trunk after it reaches the soil, so the tree looks like it has several trunks. |
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Ficus Infectoria (Ficus infectoria) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (46)
Spine and Plaza (40) A large expansive fast-growing tree with leaves about 10 cm long, commonly grown alongside avenues. |
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Ficus Nitida (Ficus macrocarpa) Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (15) This ficus is a perfect shade tree, often reaching over 40 ft. (12 m) in height, with a large, spreading canopy. It is also attractive to birds and butterflies. |
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Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa)
Arabic name: Fekas Lesan Asfour Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (105)
Spine and Plaza (4) This is a sacred tree for buddhists: it's said that Budha reached the illumination while meditating under a tree like this. The leaves are heart-shaped with long, threadlike tips. The tree usually throws away older leaves as it grows new ones, so they are constantly falling on the ground. Birds like these trees a lot.
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Ficus Nitida (Ficus retusa) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (330) This ficus is a perfect shade tree, often reaching over 40 ft. (12 m) in height, with a large, spreading canopy. It is also attractive to birds and butterflies. |
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Egyptian Sycamore (Ficus sycamorus) Arabic name: Gemeze Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (23) Sycamore trees have been cultivated fora very long time. Pharaohs called them Nehet. Very long-living trees, the oldest sycamore tree in Egypt is in Matarria and is known as Virgin Mary Tree. Ancient Egyptians used them in making the wood monuments, such as the statue of the chief of the village from the Fourth Dynasty. In the time of Mohamed Ali El Kabeer, the sycamore tree was used in making the bases for artillery units. |
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Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica)
Arabic name: Dom Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (10) The legendary Doum palm from North-east Africa was well known to the ancient Egyptians who buried large numbers of the fruits in the tombs of their pharaos. It is perhaps the most easily recognized of all palms as it is one of the few that fork or branch. |
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Jacaranda (Jacardana ovalifolia)
Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (12)
Outer Campus (33) The Blue Jacaranda, more often known simply as the "Jacaranda", grows to a height of 5 to 15 metres. The flowers are up to 5cm long, appear in spring and early summer, and last for up to two months. |
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Sausage (Kigelia pinnata) Arabic name: Shatora Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (52)
Spine and Plaza (12) The tree draws its name from its unique sausage-shaped fruit, suspended from long stalks, sometimes over a metre in length and weighing as much as 10kg. The hard, grey fruit has a thin skin covering a firm, fibrous fruit pulp containing numerous small, unwinged seeds. Its velvety, bat-pollinated maroon coloured flowers reach up to 90cm in length. |
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Golden Rain (Koelretaria paniculata)
Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (19)
Spine and Plaza (12) The golden rain tree is a fast-growing, deciduous tree reaching about 30' in height. The golden rain tree is perhaps most striking in the fall with its large clusters of showy yellow flowers. These are followed by 2" red-purple seed pods, which are equally dramatic. |
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Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Arabic name: Tamr Henna Efrangi Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (52)
Spine and Plaza (4) The crape myrtle is among the longest blooming trees in existence with flowering periods lasting from 60-120 days. Crapes can grow as tall as 40 ft (12 m). Flowers grow in showy clusters and come in white and many shades of pink, purple, lavender and red. The trees are very fast growing and can put on several feet in a single growing season. |
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Queensland Nut (Macadamia ternifolia)
Arabic name: Tamr Henna Baladi Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (90) Fragrant pink or white flower clusters on trees with large, shiny, leathery leaves produce bunches of 1–20 fruits. The wonderfully flavored dessert nuts, eaten roasted or raw, contain much fat but are a good source of minerals and vitamin B. |
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Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (3)
Spine and Plaza (4) The southern magnolia is a large, broad-leafed evergreen tree that can grow 60-90 ft (18-27 m) in height with a trunk up to 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) in diameter. Its trunk is typically straight with spreading branches that form a dense crown. The southern magnolia has large, showy white flowers that are 8-12 in (20-30 cm) in diameter. These have a pleasant fragrance and appear throughout the spring and summer. |
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Mango (Mangifera indica)
Arabic name: Manga Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (121) Mango trees make handsome landscape specimens and shade trees, and of course, their fruits are delicious! |
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Weeping Tea (Melaleuca leucandendra) Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (35) Some forms have weeping foliage (which is why it is known as the "Weeping Teatree"). The most striking feature is its almost pure white papery bark. The leaves have a very aromatic odour and the popular tea tree oil is distilled from the fresh leaves and twigs, and is volatile and stimulating with an aroma like camphor, rosemary, or cardamom seeds, used as an antiseptic and germicide. |
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Chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
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Outer Campus (286) Striking and colorful, Chinaberry is an ornamental shade tree because of its large compound leaves, its distinctive clusters of lilac-colored flowers and its round yellow fruits. Chinaberry is a deciduous, wide-spreading tree which grows up to 50 feet tall, or it may be shrubby. Also known as the "Sacred Lilac," the mildly fragrant chinaberry flowers are small and lilac-colored, with five petals surrounding a purple tube. The flowers occur in showy clusters at the ends of branches. |
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White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Arabic name: Tout Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (24) A beatiful, large leaved, naturally well shaped tree that offers dense shade. Grows at about 1 ft/yr to 30 ft. Berries are mildly sweet, reminiscent of watermelon. This is the silkworm tree of Asia. |
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Olive (Olea europaea)
Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (122)
Spine and Plaza (2) The olive tree is the oldest known cultivated tree in history. Olea europaea was first cultivated in Crete and Syria over 5000 years ago. It is known as the symbol for peace, wisdom and victory, from the crowning of victors in the early Olympic to the anointing of holy people. Moses is supposed to have exempted men who would grow olives from military service. The olive tree is an evergreen tree with gray-green leaves, and small white fragrant flowers in the spring. A mature tree can reach a height of 25 to 30 feet and live for hundreds of years. Some have even lived to be a thousand years old. |
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Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata) Arabic name: Monshar Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (430)
Spine and Plaza (8) Jerusalem thorn is a small tree growing to 25 ft (7.6 m) tall with a short trunk and a graceful, spreading, sometimes weeping, crown. A display of clustered pealike flowers in spring makes the whole tree look like a giant yellow bouquet. |
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Yellow Flamboyant (Peltophorum africanum)
Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (63)
Spine and Plaza (1) The flamboyant tree or Delonix regia also known as flame tree or Poinciana is a medium-sized, deciduous, broad-crowned tree of rapid growth. It has a brilliant red flowers bloom near its branch-tips, the uppermost petal is streaked with yellow or yellow-and-white. |
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Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
Arabic name: Balah Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (713)
Spine and Plaza (469) Oft mentioned in the bible, rendered on Egyptian tomb walls, and used extensively to spiff up Las Vegas hotels, this is a plant with a long and fascinating role in humankind's history. And dates taste great too - a delicious Christmas time treat is dates stuffed with cream cheese and raw almonds! |
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Indian Jasmine, Frangipani (Plumeria alba)
Arabic name: Yasmeen Hendi Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (64) The Indian jasmine grows to 15-20 ft. (4.7-6 m) and has pale yellow or white/near white blossoms that give off an unforgettably beautiful scent that grows stronger as evening approaches. The dark green leaves cluster at the branch ends where they form a perfect backdrop for the plant's main attraction - deliciously fragrant, delicately sculpted flowers. |
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White Poplar (Populus alba) Arabic name: Sor Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (21) The white poplar is a decorative tree, the bark, young shoots and underside of the leaves being covered by a dense silvery felt. |
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Mesqite (Prosopis juliflora)
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Outer Campus (157) The mesquite is a 30-40 ft. (9-12 m) thorny tree with pale yellow blooms.
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Apricot (Prunus mume) Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (5) A small flowering trees, Prunus mume, or the Japanese apricot, grows to 10 to 20 feet tall. Prunus is a prized in Japan for bonsai. The early Spring flowershave been cherished in Asia for centuries. In late Spring and Summer, the tree'sdark green foliage is handsome, but it is during the dark days of winter, when the tree displays its charm. Depending on weather, as early as January, the tree produces beautiful, delicate, fragrant flowers in colors from white to red through pink, with a rich and spciy fragrance. |
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Peach (Prunus persica)
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Outer Campus (44) A small, deciduous tree reaching 12 to 25 feet tall. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, with juicy, fragrant fruit and pink or red flowers. |
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
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Spine and Plaza (13) The pomegranate was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. Dried fruits have been found in Bronze Age tombs. The pomegranate is a shrub, usually with multiple stems, that commonly grows 6-15 ft (1.8-4.6 m) tall. The slender branches start out upright then droop gracefully. Unpruned shrubs have a decidedly weeping or fountain shaped habit. Pomegranates have beautiful orange-red trumpet shaped flowers with ruffled petals. |
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Common Pear (Pyrus communis) Arabic name: Komethra Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (39) The common pear tree is a deciduous tree, pyramidal shaped, up to 30 to 40 feet tall (9-12 m), with white flowers. |
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Musk Willow (Salix aegyptiaca) Arabic name: Om El Shaaour Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (2) The Salix is a decidious tree growing to 4m by 5m. The fresh bark of all members of this genus contains salicin, which probably decomposes into salicylic acid (closely related to aspirin) in the human body. The tree has been mentioned in the Bible and Arabic poetry. |
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California Pepper, Peruvian Pepper (Schinus molle) Arabic name: Felfel Rafeaa Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (9)
Spine and Plaza (34) This is an evergreen tree that grows to 30-40 feet tall. It is an attractive shade tree and drought- and wind- tolerant, with pale yellow or white blooms. Virtually all parts of this tropical tree are used in traditional medicine. Brazilian peppertree is reported to be an astringent, antibacterial, diuretic, digestive stimulant, tonic, antiviral, and wound healer. In Africa, the leaves have been been used for colds, hypertension, depression, and irregular heart beat. |
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Christmasberry, Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) Arabic name: Felfel Aareed Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (13) This is an evergreen tree found whose white flowers are followed by bright red berries and casts a dense shade; with its handsome leaves, it is used on the Pacific coast as a Christmas green. It grows 9 -12 m (30-40 ft.) tall with white blooms attractive to birds, bees, and butterflies. The leaves and bark can be a mild irritant. |
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Athel (Tamarix articulata)
Arabic name: Atel Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (57)
Spine and Plaza (5) The Athel tamarisk is an ornamental tree whose flowers provide an important source of pollen for honeybees. The wood is fragrant when burned. The tree is used for windbreaks and shade. Young leaves, twigs, and flowers are rich in tanning substances. |
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Tipu, Pride of Bolivia, Rosewood, Racehorse, Yellow Jacaranda (Tipuana tipu) Arabic name: Abou El Makarem Location and quantity on new campus:
Spine and Plaza (40) The tipu tree is a rapidly growing tree that can reach 25-75 ft. in height, providing great shade. Its yellow flowersbloom in the Spring and Summer. |
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Indian Plum (Zizyphus spina-christi) Arabic name: Nabaa Location and quantity on new campus:
Outer Campus (29) The Indian plum is a small tree that reaches a height of 15 feet. Early blooming mean that this is often the first tree to 'come to life' in the spring. The leaves also have a unique odor compared to cucumber. The fruit of Indian Plum is a small dark purple berry resembling a tiny plum, giving the plant its name. Birds love the fruit of this tree. It can often be difficult to collect ripe Indian Plum fruit before the birds get to it. The early bloom time also helps feed nectar feeding insects. |