The Halfa plant and its impact on the Libyan economy in the nineteenth century

Abstract

Agricultural lands in various regions of the Arab World are rich in many types of plants, we may not be aware of its importance despite the great benefitsit carries, and the obvious services it provides to humans, such as cotton, silk, tree wood, and resins, as well as the Halfa plant, which is characterized by being widespread and very important with many benefits and distinctive qualities, the most important of which is the wonderful aesthetic view that it enjoys, Halfa is classified among the most important types of ornamental weeds that give the place a wonderful beauty, especially as it is an evergreen that is automatically renewed, and has a great ability to adapt and adapt even with the different climate or soil in which  it lives. During the nineteenth century, Britain was ableto monopolize its investment because of its greatimportance and wide benefit, especially  in addition to its effective economic role, as this plant is exported to several regions, especially England, which used it in the paper industry, in addition to describing it as a mobile pharmacy because of its medicalimportance A great treatmentfor a significant number of diseases, whether digestive, respiratory, urinary or even cardiovascular and blood diseases, as well as for slimming and burning fat, as the alliance is an  economic, commercial and food resource.