Persea in Ancient Egypt

Persea in Ancient Egypt

The persea is a branched tree and one of the favorite foods in ancient Egypt, which under favorable lots reaches an height of 18 or 20 feet. Its bark is of whitish color, its branches gracefully curved, its foliation of an ashy gray imbuing. Its lower branches are rendered with long spines; on its upper branches grows the fruit, which resembles a small date in general character. Its out consists of a pulpy center of sour flavor; its stone is great for the size of the fruit, and inserts a kernel of yellowish-white color and an oily, rather bitter look. Both the exterior and the kernel were fed.

Mokhayt in Ancient Egypt

The mokhayt is a kind of Egyptian plants grows to the height of about 30 feet, embarking on to branch out at a outstrip of twelve feet from the ground, with a diameter at the base of about 3 feet. Its fruit is of a pale yellow color, enclosed in two skins. Its texture is dense and its discernment not very agreeable. It was used extensively as a medicine, and was as well, reported to Pliny, made into a worked liquor.

Sycamore in Ancient Egypt

Sycamore in Ancient Egypt

Ficus sycomorus is native plants to Africa south of the Sahel and north of the Tropic of Capricorn, also shutting the central-west rainforest areas. It also grows by nature in Lebanon, whose celebrated Gemmayzeh Street is came from the tree's Arabic name, Gemmayz; in the southern Arabian Peninsula; in Cyprus; in very localized areas in Madagascar; and as a naturalised species in Israel and Egypt. In its light habitat, the tree is usually got in rich soils along rivers and in combined forests.

The fruit of the sycamore (Ficus sycamorus) matures in June. Although it was much valued by the ancients, it has been denounced by moderns as boring.

The Sycamore tree was of special signification in Egyptian religion. It was the only native tree of usable size and sturdiness in Egypt, and possibly very significantly, most oftentimes grew along the edge of the desert, which would have besides placed it nearly or in the necropolises.