Medemia argun, as with all desert palms, can only grow in oases where ground water occurs. The argun palm is a dramatic single-stemmed palm, with fan-shaped leaves that are glaucous blue …

Medemia argun is a rare species of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) native to Egypt and Sudan. It is the only species in the genus Medemia. The palm's dried dates have been found in …

2015年8月3日 · Medemia argun is a very rare North African fan palm that was thought extinct for many years until it was rediscovered in the 1990s in the middle of the desert.

2009年1月1日 · Medemia argun is an endemic palm species occurring in the Nubian Desert of Egypt and Sudan (Republic of Sudan). Its fruit was first discovered as an archaeological relic …

2024年10月13日 · Medemia argun is a robust, unarmed, solitary-stemmed, evergreen fan palm tree growing about 6 metres tall. The stout, unarmed bole is topped by a ring of the dead …

Medemia argun occurs as scattered individuals and populations in the Nubian desert of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was first described as Areca passalacquae from fruits collected …

The argun palm (Medemia argun) was first discovered by archaeologists as fruits in the tombs of ancient Egypt. The discovery of Medemia as a living palm did not come until 1837, when it …

2024年8月11日 · Description: Medemia argun is a gorgeous relative of the Hyphaene, Bismarckia, and Latania genera, with the typical large and sensitive root system you'd expect. This palm is …

The Argun palm, Medemia argun (Mart.) Wurtt. ex H. Wendl., is a dramatic single-stemmed tree palm, growing 30–50 feet (10–16 m) tall (Fig. 1) with fan- shaped leaves that are glaucous and …

Here, we present the story of Medemia, from its 5 th Dynasty past (2500 BC) to its 21 st century present as an important yet threatened part of the modern Nubian Desert flora.