Jojoba Trees" Green Gold Brighten in Egyptian Desert
1. Jojoba Trees
“ Green Gold Brighten in Egyptian Desert”
Dr. Waleed Fouad Abobatta
www.waleedabobatta.com
2016
2. Jojoba plants (Simmondsia chinensis) belongs to family
Simmondsiaceae which is mostly a woody, evergreen,
perennial shrub that produce small seeds, which contains
waxy liquid very similar to spermaceti.
Jojoba plants native to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona,
Northern Mexico and arid California.
The gender of jojoba plants can only be discerned from
their flowers. When planted from seeds, jojoba plants can
take up to three years to produce flowers. The female
3. The gender of jojoba plants can only be discerned from their
flowers. When planted from seeds, jojoba plants can take up to
three years to produce flowers. The female plants produce seed
from flowers the male plants pollinate.
For that we use rooted cuttings to produce female trees to
improve the ratio of female to male plants (normally 50:50 in
seeded fields), eliminating the expense of removing male plants.
The use of cuttings also improved the growth rate of the female
plants, which no longer needed to compete with faster growing
male plants for nutrients and water.