Table 7.

The expected nectar TSS amount per flower and per tree and honey production potential per hectare of land covered with the studied honey plant species in Saudi Arabia.

Plant species	Max. average nectar TSS (mg)/flower	No. of flowers/m3 or per plant	Nectar TSS (mg)/m3	Crown volume in m3	Nectar TSS (kg) plant	Estimated plants/hectare	Expected nectar TSS (kg)/hectare	Expected honey yield (kg)/hectare
Acacia asak	5.0	1954	9770	20.0	0.20	462	91	110
A. ehrenbergiana	9.0	2902	26,114	32.2	0.84	432	363	443
A. etbaica	1.8	2963	5333	27.6	0.15	284	42	51
A. gerrardii	7.0	4000	28,000	93.0	2.60	161	419	511
A. johnwoodii	4.0	11,560	46,240	46.3	2.14	239	512	625
A. oerfota	10.6	3000	31,800	1.9	0.06	1651	99	120
A. origena	3.3	4256	14,045	71.6	1.01	265	266	325
A. tortilis	3.0	6370	19,110	22.8	0.44	421	183	223
Lavandula dentata	0.2	18,537/plant	–	–	0.004	10,454	43	51
Lavandula pubescens	0.2	17,750/plant	–	–	0.003	6873	19	24
Nepeta deflersiana	0.3	56,099/plant	16,830	0.1	0.001	12,548	16	18
Otostegia fruticosa	0.4	27,939/plant	10,337	0.2	0.002	7708	12	14
Ziziphus nummularia	0.64	57,420	36,837	45	1.66	224	371	447
Ziziphus spina-christi	0.79	43,000	33,970	127.5	4.33	157	680	829