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{{Taxobox | |||
[[Category: | | name = Date palm | ||
[[Category: | | image = Phoenix dactylifera2.jpg | ||
[[Category: | | image_width = 240px | ||
| image_caption = Phoenix dactylifera | |||
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae | |||
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | |||
| classis = [[Liliopsida]] | |||
| ordo = [[Arecales]] | |||
| familia = [[Arecaceae]] | |||
| genus = ''[[Phoenix (plant)|Phoenix]]'' | |||
| species = '''''P. dactylifera''''' | |||
| binomial = ''Phoenix dactylifera'' | |||
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | |||
}} | |||
[[File:Dates on date palm.jpg|thumb|Date palm]] | |||
[[File:Date-seller.jpg|thumb|right|Date seller in the old souq in [[Kuwait City]]]] | |||
The '''Date palm''' is a tree. It has been cultivated for a very long time because of its fruit. The tree is between {{convert|15|and|25|m|abbr=off}} high. It has long leaves that look like [[feather]]s. Such leaves are called pinnate. The leaves can grow to {{convert|3|to|5| m|abbr=off}} in length. The leaves have visible spines. There are about 150 leaflets. Each leaflet can be up to {{convert|30|cm|abbr=off}} in length and {{convert|2|cm|abbr=off}} in breadth. The full span of the crown of the tree is {{convert|6 |to |10 |m|abbr=off}}. | |||
The tree has one or more trunks. All the trunks come from a single system of roots. | |||
== Production == | |||
World production of dates was approximately 6.7 Mio [[tonne]]s in [[2004]] ([[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] statistics). The major producers are: | |||
* [[Egypt]]: 1,100,000 t (16.2% of world production) | |||
* [[Iran]]: 880,000 t (13.0%) | |||
* [[Saudi Arabia]]: 830,000 t (12.3%) | |||
* [[United Arab Emirates]]: 760,000 t (11.2%) | |||
* [[India]]: 710,000 t (10.6%) | |||
* [[Pakistan]]: 650,000 t (9.6%) | |||
* [[Algeria]]: 450,000 t (6.6%) | |||
* [[Sudan]]: 330,000 t | |||
* [[Oman]]: 240,000 t | |||
* [[Libya]]: 140,000 t | |||
*[[Tunisia]]: 150,500 t | |||
* Others: 1,140,000 t | |||
* [[Iraq]] used to be a major producer of dates but in recent years production and exports have fallen considerably. | |||
* [[Kuwait]] | |||
The First International Date Conference was held in [[Tripoli]] in 1959. In that conference, it was decided to develop a special program under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to promote the commercial use of substandard or physically defective dates. | |||
{{Fruits}} | |||
{{Biology-stub}} | |||
[[Category:Fruits]] | |||
[[Category:Arecaceae]] | |||
[[Category:Plants of Pakistan]] | |||
[[Category:Provincial symbols of Balochistan (Pakistan)]] | |||
[[Category:National symbols of Iraq]] | |||
[[Category:State symbols of Kuwait]] | |||
[[Category:National symbols of Libya]] | |||
[[Category:National symbols of the United Arab Emirates]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:51, 16 October 2022
The Date palm is a tree. It has been cultivated for a very long time because of its fruit. The tree is between 15 and 25 metres (49 and 82 feet) high. It has long leaves that look like feathers. Such leaves are called pinnate. The leaves can grow to 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 feet) in length. The leaves have visible spines. There are about 150 leaflets. Each leaflet can be up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) in length and 2 centimetres (0.79 inches) in breadth. The full span of the crown of the tree is 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 feet).
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| Phoenix dactylifera | |
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| Species: | P. dactylifera
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| Phoenix dactylifera | |
The tree has one or more trunks. All the trunks come from a single system of roots.
ProductionEdit
World production of dates was approximately 6.7 Mio tonnes in 2004 (FAO statistics). The major producers are:
- Egypt: 1,100,000 t (16.2% of world production)
- Iran: 880,000 t (13.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 830,000 t (12.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: 760,000 t (11.2%)
- India: 710,000 t (10.6%)
- Pakistan: 650,000 t (9.6%)
- Algeria: 450,000 t (6.6%)
- Sudan: 330,000 t
- Oman: 240,000 t
- Libya: 140,000 t
- Tunisia: 150,500 t
- Others: 1,140,000 t
- Iraq used to be a major producer of dates but in recent years production and exports have fallen considerably.
- Kuwait
The First International Date Conference was held in Tripoli in 1959. In that conference, it was decided to develop a special program under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to promote the commercial use of substandard or physically defective dates.
