About Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the region from the Gulf States to Pakistan. It is cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, Australia, South and Southeast Asia, Portugal, Spain, coastal Mediterranean basin, and the desert regions of Southern California. It is naturalised in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. P. dactylifera is the type species of genus Phoenix, which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms. Date palms reach up to 30 metres (98 ft) in height, growing singly or in clumps with several stems from a single root system.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phoenix dactylifera
- Genus
- Phoenix
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Arabia and N.Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- खजूर, ख़जूर
- Nepali
- छोकडाको बोट
- Bengali
- খেজুর, খেজুর গাছ
- Tamil
- பேரீச்சை
- Telugu
- ఖర్జూరం, ఖర్జూరాలు
- Kannada
- ಖರ್ಜೂರದ ಹಣ್ಣು
- Malayalam
- ഈന്തപ്പന, ഈന്ത, ഈതപ്പന
- Marathi
- खजुरी, खजूर, खजुर
Arecaceae
Palm family
Date Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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