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[[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. | |||
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[[Category:Fruits]] | |||
[[Category:Arecaceae]] | |||
[[Category:Plants of Pakistan]] | |||