Item 1 of 4 Iraqi farmer Ismail Ibrahim plucks fruits from his planted "sidr", or jujube, trees which require far less water during an irrigation crisis, in Basra, Iraq March 17, 2024.

TANIS: He tells us us the best and rarest honey comes from bees who feed on sidr trees, also known as a lote tree in English. It's an ancient tree, mainly in the mountainous parts of Yemen.

Sidr is the Arabic word for the jujube tree. Figure 1. Image of Tropical Cyclone Sidr as a Category 4 storm (928 mb) with 155 mph winds. Image taken at 4:57am EST 11/15/07.

UAE volunteers plant 1,000 trees in Sidr nature reserve. Annual ‘For Our Emirates We Plant’ campaign organised by Emirates Environmental Group . Last updated: December 19, 2018 | 14:24.

"Official records show that up to 500 of these indigenous local trees, including Sidr, Samar, and Ghaf, were illegally felled in 2015," he said.

BASRA, March 28 (Reuters) - Faced with a failing date palm business due to scarce resources, Iraqi farmer Ismail Ibrahim has planted "sidr", or jujube, trees which require far less water during an ...