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Shittah tree[1] (Hebrew: שטה) or the plural "shittim" [2] was used in the Tanakh to refer to trees belonging to the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia (both formerly classed in Acacia). Faidherbia albida, Vachellia seyal, Vachellia tortilis, and Vachellia gerrardii can be found growing wild in the Sinai Desert and the Jordan River Valley.
Vachellia seyal, the red acacia, known also as the shittah tree (the source of shittim wood), is a thorny, 6– to 10-m-high (20 to 30 ft) tree with a pale greenish or reddish bark. At the base of the 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) feathery leaves, two straight, light grey thorns grow to 7–20 cm (2.8–7.9 in) long. The blossoms are displayed in ...
Shittim may mean several different things: . Botany. Shittim, the plural of Shittah, which is Hebrew for wood from the acacia tree, which appears in the Bible; Places. Abel-Shittim, Ha-Shittim, or simply Shittim, later Abila (Peraea), a place that appears in the Bible
The gharqad (Arabic: غرقد) tree is mentioned in several hadiths that describe Islamic eschatology.It is considered likely that the gharqad tree is genus Lycium. [1] [2]An excerpt from a hadith attributed to Abu Huraira (one of Muhammad's companions) is famously quoted in the 1988 founding charter of Hamas, Article 17, stating that every stone and tree—except for the gharqad tree—will ...
Yucca brevifolia (also known as the Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca) is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names. [4][5][6][7] This monocotyledonous tree is native to the arid Southwestern United States, specifically California, Arizona, Utah, and ...
The Sidrat al-Muntaha (Arabic: سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ, romanized:Sidrat al-Muntahā, lit. 'Lote Tree of the Farthest Boundary') in Islamic theology is a large lote or sidr tree (Ziziphus spina-christi) [ 1 ] that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven, where the knowledge of the angels ends. During the Isra and Mi ...
Vitellaria paradoxa (formerly Butyrospermum parkii), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree (/ ˈʃiː (ə)/), or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is the only species in the genus Vitellaria, [2] and is indigenous to Africa. The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich ...
Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae. The name also refers to the rigid, naturally biologically inert , resilient, electrically nonconductive , thermoplastic latex derived from the tree, particularly from Palaquium gutta ; it is a polymer of isoprene which forms a rubber-like elastomer .