Palm
Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Arabia to Pakistan
Fun factA single female flower cluster can contain 6,000 to 10,000 flowers, and around 40 named date varieties are cultivated in Oman alone.
A solitary, erect palm with an unbranched trunk clothed in old leaf bases and a crown of stiff, grey-green pinnate leaves. Male and female flowers are borne on separate palms, and a single female inflorescence can carry 6,000 to 10,000 small fragrant flowers. The fruit is the date, an oblong drupe with thick sweet flesh around a single hard stone; 'Medjool' is a large, soft cultivar that was formerly exported from Morocco.
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1on the estate
0carrying a tag
1sponsored
FamilyArecaceae
Spanish namePalma datilera
Also known asDate, Medjool date, Palma datilera, Datilera, Palma de dátil
Native toThe Arabian Peninsula to southern Pakistan; long cultivated around the Persian Gulf and between the Nile and Euphrates
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Mike F., USA |
1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.