Medemia argun

Medemia
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Medemia Wuert. ex H.Wendl.
Species:	M. argun
Binomial name
Medemia argun (Mart.) Wuert. ex H.Wendl.
Synonyms
Hyphaene argun Mart. Areca passalacquae Kunth Medemia abiadensis H.Wendl.

Medemia argun is a rare palm tree species of flowering plant, in the family Arecaceae (Palmae) native to Africa. It is the only species in the genus Medemia. The palm's dried dates have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.

Medemia argun is found only in oases inside of the Nubian Desert, in Egypt and Sudan.

The palm is an IUCN Red List critically endangered species, due to habitat loss.

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