Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
Slender palm with lattice pattern on the cane, pinnate leaves and tasty, sweet date fruit.
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Erscheinungsbild
Slender palm with lattice pattern on the cane, pinnate leaves and tasty, sweet date fruit.
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Blätter
Evergreen, up to 400 cm long, strap-shaped pinnate leaves. Each leaf with up to 200 pairs of pointed leaflets. Leaves are green or slightly grey in colour. Up to 200 leaves in the crown. Ascending, upright. Only the lower leaves hang down. This species has a thinner stem, narrower leaves and lighter crown with fewer fronds than the Canary Island Date Palm.
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Früchte
Dark orange, very sweet dates approx. 3 to 8 cm in size. Ripen in September. Mellow pulp.
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Rinde
The stem is covered with the base of old leaves for years, creating a typical lattice pattern.
Anwendung
Open country, open fields, public areas, parks, kitchen gardens, container plants, roadside verges, crop plant
Heimatgebiete
Arabia, North Africa
Standortparameter
Light: full sun to sunny; soil: dry to moist; soil structure: normal to airy; soil depth: medium to very deep; humus concentration: low to high, pH value: slightly acid to extremely alkaline; nutrient concentration: low to high; soil: dry to moist.
Ansprüche
Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.
Frosthärte
down to -5 C°
unknown
Height of growth: 25 to 45 m. Spread: 7 to 9 m. Slow-growing, slender tree with columnar trunk and umbrella-like crown.
Blätter
Evergreen, up to 400 cm long, strap-shaped pinnate leaves. Each leaf with up to 200 pairs of pointed leaflets. Leaves are green or slightly grey in colour. Up to 200 leaves in the crown. Ascending, upright. Only the lower leaves hang down. This species has a thinner stem, narrower leaves and lighter crown with fewer fronds than the Canary Island Date Palm.
Blüten
Flowering period: II to VI. Yellow or green inflorescence, 10 to 100 cm in size.
Früchte
Dark orange, very sweet dates approx. 3 to 8 cm in size. Ripen in September. Mellow pulp.
Rinde
The stem is covered with the base of old leaves for years, creating a typical lattice pattern.