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Zone 3
Mid-land to mountainous
Zone 2
Zone I
RF: 300 to 400 mm/year
Arid/semi-arid lowland
Arid coastal lowland
Red Sea RF: 100 to 200 mm/year
EC:< 0.7dS/m
RF: 50 - 100 mm/year
Stretch:30 km
Coast EC:1-2 dS/m
EC >3 ds/m
Stretch: 20 km Stretch: 25 km
Stem - wood
Charcoal production:
• Arguably the best
• Lits quick and stay lit long
• USD 5 per sack (about 20 kg)
Keteran:
• Fluid extracted from charcoal
• Cure for animal (goat, sheep,
camel) skin diseases
Elb/Sedr honey -
• As good as - some say
better than - that of Selam
• Cost: USD 30/liter
Fruits
Tihama Apple
Suplementary food
Mild sugary taste
Stem
Strong, resistant to
termite species
Bed legs and frame
Yemeni people enjoy gat
(excitement plant) in
such a bed
Farm implements
• Plough
• Spade and hoe handle
Fishing boats
Jaafar Hassan Alawi Al-Jeffri, Director of
Agriculture and Extension Department in his
Eusha, a traditional hut where he enjoys Kat
Roots
Natutal tooth brush
Raw material for tooth paste
– export to Saudi Arabia
2 cm long root costs
30 Yemeni rial
Fruits
Green–unripe
Redish when ripe
Hot, spicy
Supplied with almost every
dish
Tree as a whole
Effective in stoping sand dunes
Labelled as second best (first
being Haleg) defence belt against
sand dunes in the Munira village
trial by the TDA Agricultural and
Extension Department (see
elaboration on slide 26)
Stem
Strongest and heaviest
(Sedr ranks 2nd)
Best for traditional beds (slide 15) and
traditional house poles
Best for fishing boats (Sedr is second
best)
Leaves and branches
Good Camel feed (Sedr is best, slide 14)
Fruits
One of the typical highland village huts,
Small egg shaped all poles are from Haleg
Suppemtary food for children
High protein content
Fruits
Suplementary food: common in
romodan (Isalamic fasting period)
Date palm honey
• Debs: general arabic term
• Kitara:local Tihama arabic word –
slow continous drops
Khel – Vinegar
Salad dressing
Note:
Soup
Actual Photo/Video
Procedure to make Khel documentation can be
Make a cut at the juncture between stem done in March/April
and leaves when Khel is actually
Tie a container just below the cut to collect being produced
continously dripping thin liquid
Add yeast to the liquid and let it stay for 40
days - it becomes strongly alcoholic with a
flavour of vinegar
Dilute it with an equal volume of water
Usually sold in small bottles (0.3 l)
for USD 5 per bottle
Resilient to drought:
RF < 150 mm/year
Temperature > 35 oC
Moderately tolerant to salinity
Poor regeneration capacity
Dominant stem
Height of tree: 5 to 15 m
Life span: 15 to 25 years
Sensitive to drought
RF: 300 to 450 mm/year
Temperature < 30 oC
Sensitive to salinity
Very slow in regeneration
Dominant stem
Height of tree: 10 m to 15 m
Lifespan: 50 to 70 years
Stem
Hole is drilled – store for farm
implements and farmers’ lunch
Hole can be easily drilled
• Takes maximum 1 hour
• Outer layer (3 to 5 cm ) is
strong and stiff
• Inner part is soft
Fire wood
Usualy dry old branches are
collected