Accession Data:
Phoenix dactylifera L.
- Common Name: Date Palm
- Family: Arecaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: w. Asia, n. Africa
- Description: Monoecious. This tall evergreen, unbranched palm from the Middle East can grow to 100'. It grows well in the Imperial Valley of Southern California. The trunk is covered with fibers, is surrounded from the ground upward with the base of earlier formed leaves. The end of the leaf fronds are needle sharp. The fruit is a drupe with one seed. When ripe, the fruit is a dull yellow and the flesh is soft and buttery. When dried, the skins of the fruit darken. Propagated by seed, but generally by suckers taken from the base of the plant.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198700269
- Source: The Banana Tree (seed)
- Accession Date: 02-25-1987
- Bench: 2103 - MED:Mediterranean C
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-24-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Arecales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Arecaceae
- SubFamily: Coryphoideae
- Tribe: Phoeniceae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Iran / Iraq / Sinai / Gulf States / Oman / Saudi Arabia / Pakistan /
References (external):
- California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 17 February 2015
- Date Palm at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by abcdz2000 (originally posted to Flickr as Kajur) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
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