Masdar Central Park

Masdar – Abu Dhabi

Selected soft cape species which are native and/or adaptive and suitable for Abu Dhabi climate

# Botanic Name Common Irrigation Irrigation demand notes

Name classification rates
Trees
1 Prosopis cineraria Ghaf Tree  60L / 4 days Low irrigation
demand
2 Pithecellobium dulce Madras  60L / 3 days Hardy (adaptive)
Thorn, Manila
Tamarind

3 Acacia nilotica Arabian Gum  60L / 4 days adaptive (class A)

4 Maerua crassifolia sarh  100L / 7 days adaptive (class A)

5 Cordia myxa Lasura Tree  60L / 3 days native

6 Ficus cordata Wadi cordata  60L / 3 days native

Salicifolia
7 Parkinsonia aculeate Jerusalem  60L / 4 days adaptive (class A)
thorn
8 NOTESZizyphus Side tree  60L / 4 days Low irrigation
spina-christi or Or demand

60L / 3 days
Shrubs
1 Lycium shawii Desert Thorn  25L / 10 days Native & adaptive

2 Dodonaea viscosa Shahus  25L / 4 days native

3 Senna italica Senna  25L / 4 days native

4 Haloxylon Rimth  25L / 10 days adaptive

salicornium

5 Atriplex canescens Four-wing  25L / 4 days Low irrigation

Saltbush demand
6 Jatropha integerrima  25L / 4 days Adaptive & Low
irrigation demand
7 Tecomaria capensis Cape  20L / 3 days adaptive
Honeysuckle

Grounf cover and grass

1 Capparis spinosa Caper Plant  12L / 7 days Native & adaptive

2 Pennisetum Crimson or  12L / 7 days Native and adaptive

setaceum African
Fountain Grass
 Masdar Central Park
Masdar – Abu Dhabi

3 Pennisetum Purple or Red  10L / 4 days Low irrigation

setaceum rubrum Fountain demand
4 Portulaca Moss Rose  10L / 4 days Low irrigation
grandiflora demand

5 Sesuvium Rohama  10L / 4 days Low irrigation

verrucosum demand

Source: Abu Dhabi Public Realm Design Manual

https://www.cip-icu.ca/pdf/2011-HM-Urban-Design2(1).pdf