Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera)
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 Phoenix Dactylifera is the only common date Palm that is cultivated for its fruit, as the fruits develop, the stalk holding the cluster may elongate 6 ft while it bends over because of the weight. The fruit is oblong, 1 to 3 in long, dark-brown, reddish, or yellowish-brown when ripe with thin or thickish skin, thick, sweet flesh (astringent until fully ripe) and a single, cylindrical, slender, very hard stone grooved down one side. The trunk is clothed from the ground up with upward-pointing, overlapping, persistent, woody leaf bases.  |
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| Mature Height: | 100' | ||
| Hardness Zone: | 8B-11 | ||
| Salt Tolerance: | Moderate | ||
| Drought Tolerance: | High | ||
| Light Preference: | Full Sun, Partial Shade | ||
| Origin: | Believed to have originated in the lands around the Persian Gulf | ||
