شجرة السنط و استخداماتها في مصر خلال العصرين البطلمي و الروماني

Abstract EN

This paper talks about the Nile acacia tree, which has many benefits and importance, It has been described by Theophrastus, Pliny the Elder, and the physician Dioscorides.

And spread its cultivation in many Egyptian provinces, such as: Arsinoe, Oxyhrnchus, Thebes, and the Great Oasis.

And that is for its multiple ueses, it has been used in the manufacture of ships, furniture, irrigation machines, oil presses, and tanning leather, in addition to its uses in the installation of medical plasters to treat some diseases, which come in the forefront of eye diseases.

It is worth noting that the papyrus documents provided us with prices for acacia tree products