Trees that grow in Northern Somalia?

[ToughGong.]

Galool,Qudhac,Baxarosaf,Mirri-mirri Sog-sog,Meygaag,Lamaloosh,Gob

That's all the ones I know of

[Showqi]

Huh, Mirri mirri (Geed Hindi) in Northern Somalia? inta kale eed sheegtay waan kugu raacsanahay laakiin Mirri mirri shaki ayaa igaga jira.

[Carafaat]

Showqi;808579 wrote:

Geedkaas waan garanayaa aniguba oo waliba waxaan laga ag waayin oo marwalba ka dul heesa shimbirta la yidhaahdo XX iyo goreyga la yidhaahdo Burahadeer,,,

Geedka aan maqlay shimbiro kale ayaa ka ag heysa.

[Taleexi]

I saw some research paper regarding this in the recent past. If located I will pass it along.... Best to u.

[NGONGE]

Showqi;808579 wrote:

Geedkaas waan garanayaa aniguba oo waliba waxaan laga ag waayin oo marwalba ka dul heesa shimbirta la yidhaahdo XX iyo goreyga la yidhaahdo Burahadeer,,,

Khaaf Allah ya Showqi, ma Xaaji X baa shinbir? Waar waa Tuke!

[Showqi]

:D,,,,Xaajigu wuxuu habeen iyo maalin waqaaqda la'hayo ileen waa Tuke

[Taleexi]

Waad la heshay

[Showqi]

Taleexi, magaca NGONGE ayaa keeney ee Xaajiga ha igu dirin saaxib. Kulli fidna waa NGONGE..

[ToughGong.]

Showqi;808599 wrote:

Huh, Mirri mirri (Geed Hindi) in Northern Somalia? inta kale eed sheegtay waan kugu raacsanahay laakiin Mirri mirri shaki ayaa igaga jira.

When you see a pic of Hargeisa,60% of the trees in those pics are Mirri-mirri

For some strange reason,it's only found in towns.Never in the countryside

 

[burahadeer]

Showqi;808579 wrote:

Geedkaas waan garanayaa aniguba oo waliba waxaan laga ag waayin oo marwalba ka dul heesa shimbirta la yidhaahdo XX iyo goreyga la yidhaahdo Burahadeer,,,

waar shoqi sidi MMA ma iska cadaysatay

[Qandalawi]

Frankincense, Myrrh, Gum Arabic and other types of gums.

 

Af-Somalia: Beeyo, Maydi, Malmal iyo Qurac

[burahadeer]

When you see a pic of Hargeisa,60% of the trees in those pics are Mirri-mirri

For some strange reason,it's only found in towns.Never in the countryside ""

 

 

you right,that's strange....sure am gona try to find out why.Not native thou but still garanwaa that arrived last 30yrs is everywhere including countryside.Interesting.

 

*uchi can you study why in your current research?

[uchi]

^it's more the trees that were found in the land of punt & that are drought resistant, but I will let you know.

[Showqi]

ToughGong thanks for the clarification, hadda shaki igagama jiro oo wey cadahay.

burahadeer, shimbiraha iyo dhirta waqooyiga Soomaaliya ayaan kala baranayey. Waad aragtaa geedkii Mirri mirriga ahaa in aan ku dhacay,,,

[Abu-Salman]

Interesting remarks guys, thanks.

Let me try and add a bit more:

 

Miraa Miri waa geed miro yaryar oo cas ama guduud ah le, mirahaaso madoow qolofta hoosteeda oo u eeg filfisha.

 

Gob waa "jujube" oo malab kiisu waa qaali (Sidr or jujube tree honey is a niche, very expensive product).

 

Baxarasaaf waa geedka "eucalyptus" ayaan filayaa oo magacaana ethiopia-na waa looga yaqaan, australia laga keeney ayaan jeclahay oo waa geed biyaha aad u isticmaala oo dhib keeni kara laakin dawo iyo nafci kalena le:

 

 

" (wiki) Ethiopia. Eucalyptus was introduced to Ethiopia in either 1894 or 1895, either by Emperor Menelik II's French advisor Mondon-Vidailhet or by the Englishman Captain O'Brian. Menelik II endorsed its planting around his new capital city of Addis Ababa because of the massive deforestation around the city for firewood. According to Richard R.K. Pankhurst, "The great advantage of the eucalypts was that they were fast growing, required little attention and when cut down grew up again from the roots; it could be harvested every ten years. The tree proved successful from the onset".[31] Plantations of eucalypts spread from the capital to other growing urban centres such as Debre Marqos. Pankhurst reports that the most common species found in Addis Ababa in the mid-1960s was E. globulus, although he also found E. melliodora and E. rostrata in significant numbers. David Buxton, writing of central Ethiopia in the mid-1940s, observed that eucalyptus trees "have become an integral -- and a pleasing -- element in the Shoan landscape and has largely displaced the slow-growing native 'cedar' Juniperus procera)."[32]

 

It was commonly believed that the thirst of the Eucalyptus "tended to dry up rivers and wells", creating such opposition to the species that in 1913 a proclamation was issued ordering a partial destruction of all standing trees, and their replacement with mulberry trees. Pankhurst reports, "The proclamation however remained a dead letter; there is no evidence of eucalypts being uprooted, still less of mulberry trees being planted."[33] Eucalypts remain a defining feature of Addis Ababa".

 

 

 

Getting into beekeeping in Somaliland (really great blog by a diaspora returnee, about Somali trees etc)

 

 

": The land of eucalyptus

 

Although I was born and partially raised in the Somali region in Ethiopia (just across the border with Somaliland), I made my first trip to Ethiopa on 15th May 2008. I was amazed to see the beauty of the forest in Ethiopa. The dominating tree species in Ethiopia is eucalyptus, a quick growing, hard and tall tree that now has turned to be one of the backbones of the Ethiopian economy. Huge amounts of timber from this tree are exported to Somaliland, mainly for construction purpose which raises the question of why people in Somaliland do not grow this important tree instead of importing it from Ethiopia!

 

It was Emperor Menelik II who first ordered the introduction of this species to Ethiopia in 1895 to counter the widespread fuel and construction shortage that was prevailing at that time. An estimation made at the beginning of 1980 showed that the total planted area of this tree species was 91,000 ha. Since then, continues efforts have been made to increase the plantation of the tree. An Ethiopian academic who accompanied me in journey from Harar to Addis Ababa on 6th November told me that the policy of forestation in Ethiopia stipulates that each cut tree should be replaced by planting 5 trees, mainly eucalyptus. The result is clear: A very green Ethiopia"

 

 

It's ironic that trees and other natural resources, which are much more vital and less destructive than oil get little coverage.

The pharmaceutical potential of native plants, some well-known and less endangered such as aloe vera, alone is literally priceless.

Dhirtu waa nolosha.