المملكة: The “Adana” tree .. flowers tell the beauty of the wild nature in the courtyard

The lower Shada Mountain and a number of sites in the Al -Thami sector, southwest of Al -Baha, are adorned these days with the attractive “Adana” tree after the last rainy season in the region, and flourished significantly.
The flowers of the enemy range from bright red, pink and white in a captivating scene that highlights the beauty of the wild nature in the region, and despite the beauty of its view, it is a toxic plant in the event of eating parts of it.

Steel gardens design

A number of the people of Jabal Shada Al -Qutif confirmed that the beauty of the Adana tree is completed in its presence with rocks, and is considered one of the most important trees in the design of rock gardens, and the mountain is one of its original compatriots.
The professor of the plant environment and director of the Forest Research Center at Al -Baha University, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al -Zandi, that the “Adeni Tree” is scientifically known as Adenium Obesum, and is locally known in some areas as “desert rose” or “Adana”, which is a distinctive juice plant with its beauty and scarcity.
He added: The plant grows in the environment naturally, and is planted in the Kingdom for the purposes of decorations in the first place.

He pointed out that the vegetarian description of it as follows is the scientific name “Adenium Obesum”, the common names, the roses of the desert, the period, and the religion, the vegetarian family Apocynaceae “sport”, and the origin of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
He pointed out that the enemy tree grows in the southwestern regions of the Kingdom, such as Asir, Jizan, and Al -Baha, especially Jabal Shada, low -rise regions, the almost tropical climate and humidity is relatively higher, and it can be cultivated in the central and eastern regions, but within a protected environment or with good supervision due to its sensitivity to cold and frost.

Drought

On the characteristics and features of the Aden tree, Dr. Al -Zandi: “The leg is thick and swollen helps to store water, which makes it resistant to dryness, and the flowers are very attractive and come in pink, red and white colors or a mixture of them, and its leaves are green and shiny green and fall in the winter depending on the degree of coldness.

He continued: The tree bears high heat and drought, which makes it suitable for the desert climate and does not bear the extreme cold, and it is preferable to protect it during the winter and need a direct sun to flourish.

A unique natural phenomenon

It is noteworthy that the highest and lower mountain is a unique natural phenomenon within the Thami sector in the Al -Baha region, and it includes more than 500 types of trees, weeds, and annual and perennial plants, the most important of which are juniper, darkness, needles, firmness, enemy, Somali, Al -Dhayan and Indian dates.
In addition to a group of medicinal and aromatic plants, such as sheep trees, ponds, basil and murdere.