Result : 34 trees in North Africa and Middle-East

Trees	Latin	Territories

Mahaleb	Prunus mahaleb	Middle East
Cedar Blue	Cedrus Atlantica glauca	North Africa
Cyprus cedar	Cedrus brevifolia	Shores of the Mediterranean
Atlas Cedar, Blue Atlas Cedar	Cedrus Atlantica	North Africa
Cedar of Lebanon	Cedrus libani	Middle East
Cherry	Prunus cerasus	Turkey
Bird Cherry	Prunus padus	Turkey
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Turkey
Spanish chestnut	Castanea sativa	Turkey
Lebanon Oak	Quercus libani	Lebanon
Kermes Oak	Quercus coccifera	Turkey
Quince	Cydonia oblonga	Middle East
Cypress of Italy	Cupressus sempervirens	Iran
Battandier Laburnum	Cytisus battandieri	Morocco
Oriental Spruce	Picea orientalis	Middle East
Syrian Juniper	Juniperus drupacea	Syria
Oleander	Nerium oleander	Mediterranean, Middle East, India and Japan
Oleander splendum gigantum	Nerium oleander splendum gigantum	Mediterranean, Middle East, India and Japan
Horse Chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	Greece, Middle East
Black Mulberry	Morus nigra	Middle East
Turkish Filbert, Hazel	Corylus colurna	Turkey
Common walnut	Juglans regia	Middle East
Sweet Orange	Citrus sinensis	Palestine
Persian Ironwood	Parrotia persica	Iran, Caucasus
Lombardy Black Poplar, Italian Poplar	Populus nigra “italica�	Iran
Pistachio	Pistachia vera	Middle East
Oriental Plane	Platanus orientalis	Middle East
Common Pear	Pyrus communis	Middle East
Apple tree	Malus pumila, Malus domestica	Middle East
European Wild Apple	Malus sylvestris	Middle East
Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum	Prunus cerasifera	Middle East
Pissard Cherry Plum	Prunus cerasifera 'atropurpurea'	Iran
Bottle Brush	Callistemon citrinus	Mediterranean
Algerian Fir	Abies numidica	Algeria

  Rubric Knowledge

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• Introduction
• Botany 
• Growth
• Classification  
• Toxic fruits
• Mythology
• Latin / English names
• Observations (dates)
• Origins  
origins by continents:
• Records
• Soils and habitat
• Storm of 1999
• Utility