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Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, [2] is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, Australia, South Asia, and California. [3]
20 Σεπ 2024 · date palm, (Phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family (Arecaceae) cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. The date palm has been prized from remotest antiquity and may have originated in what is now Iraq. The fruit has been the staple food and chief source of wealth in the irrigable deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. Spanish ...
18 Οκτ 2021 · Dates grow on date palm trees. A date orchard looks as though you are looking at a palm tree orchard. And, then you look closer to discover a ton of fruit growing on them!
20 Ιαν 2020 · So, what are dates and where do they come from? Dates are stone fruits that come from a flowering plant species in the palm family known as phoenix dactylifera, or date palm trees. The trees are dioecious, meaning each plant is either male or female and only the female plant produces fruit.
Today’s domesticated date palms originated in Mesopotamia, but the trees on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, west of Judea, were crossed with a species from Crete.
18 Ιουν 2015 · The American date industry traces its roots to the Middle East. Agricultural experts estimate that there are more than 3,000 varieties of dates, but U.S. growers primarily produce two: the...
The English name date, along with the scientific name dactylifera, come from the Greek word for ‘finger’, supposedly referring to the shape of the fruit. A date palm seed stored for 2000 years was successfully sprouted and grown to a full tree.
