07/01/2014
Island plant in Aswan
Is one of the most important tourist attractions in Egypt and are found in the province of Aswan has been named the past as the " garden Natron " because they were considered dwelling people of the Nuba , then became Kitchener's Island headquarters of the supported the British in Egypt, Lord Kitchener , and in the nineteenth century during the wars of Sudan and was named at the time as the "Island of the radar ," and in 1928 called King's Island proportion of King Fuad I , has stabilized and the Ministry of Agriculture to call it " the island of plants " in the reign of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser .
He has visited the island of plants of many celebrities such as : the Prime Minister of India, " Nehru " , and the Queen of England Queen " Elizabeth " , the head of Yugoslavia " Tito " , as the Queen Ferial visited is her father King Farouk I was named after Queen Ferial one of the islands in front of the Island plants.
And the island of plants or as they are called in Aswan Botanical Garden is a garden formed as a result of the failure stream silt great River Nile and surrounded by water in all respects , therefore, called on the island.
Description Botanic Garden :
The area of the island of plants 17 acres has been added to its 3 acres of the farm own research ducks , bringing the garden view for 115 meters As for the length is 650 meters , has Ksmtdzerh plants in Aswan park for 17 Basin includes both of them a number of plants similarities tropical and tropical shrubs and trees , palms and these plants what is the island since it opened , including plants, modern agriculture, where the climate is similar to the island's own greenhouses that are grown by the rare plants .
In describing the garden paths , we find it covered with granite Aswani pink color which represents the artistic image next to exquisite royal palms white on the sides.
We may find that in light of the global economic crisis that occurred in the previous period was followed by a deterioration in tourism , but which is shown to be an island of plants did not greatly affected by the crisis to those where they are still capable of enjoying gravity to attract visitors to it .
In January of last year , we find that he had visited the park about 44200 visitors , and non-Egyptians about 38950 visitors from many different countries , and we find that in that year and reached revenues of the park for about 400,000 pounds . Palm island plants
The botanical garden in Aswan of the greatest research centers in Egypt, as it is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world , where a large number of tropical plants and vegetation is tropical and also has a museum of aquatic organisms and plants , and the plants in the garden a number of rare plants and perennials with the natural beauty of the park , we find that about 85 families with about 250 plant genus is divided into 380 type as the plants are divided into groups of about 7 are:
- A group of trees and wood by about 32 s*x such as : Ebony , and Almahunja Africa, camphor , sandalwood , and acacia .
- Tropical fruit trees and out of which about 20 S*x : Alkazmiro , and papaya , grapefruit and Jack , and Alepeshmlh and those types do not exist in the Egyptian market .
- Group of medicinal and aromatic plants and by about 16 s*x including: ginger, lemon grass , and marjoram , and Dom , and hibiscus , cloves, carob , tamarind , and grit Dairy , and Gatrovan , and tooth brushing , and the shoe.
- Group plants spices including: chili , pepper and brown , and it is also fiber plants .
- A group of ornamental plants , which include: Flowering plants ( Aleuenka Rosa - Garonaa - Ajeribira ) , indoor plants ( Alkrotn - Aldrsena - cream ) , flowering shrubs and ornamental plants ( roses - Jasmine ) , Plants Climbers ( silver - infernal ) .
- Oily plants , including: oil palm , olive , coconut palms .
- A group of palm , including: Dom , coconut , dates , palm diabetes , oil palm , Aldoulib , Alsabal , Cycas , majestic , Rais .
