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The Judean date palm at Ketura, Israel, nicknamed Methuselah. The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea.It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility.
The date palm has historically been considered a symbol of Judea and the Jewish people. [53] The leaves are used as a lulav in the Jewish holiday of Sukkot . [ 54 ] They are also commonly used as the s'chach in the construction of a sukkah .
Arabic: خضراوي. The name is Arabic for 'green'; it is a cultivar favoured by many Arabs. It is a soft, very dark date. Khalaṣ. Djibouti; Sudan; Bahrain; India; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria. Arabic: خلاص. One of the major palm cultivars in Saudi Arabia. Its fruit is called Khlaṣ (خلاص).
The palm branch, or palm frond, is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The palm (Phoenix) was sacred in Mesopotamian religions, and in ancient Egypt represented immortality. In Judaism, the lulav, a closed frond of the date palm is part of the festival of Sukkot.
Carbon-dated. The oldest viable seed that has grown into a full plant was an about 2,000 years old Judean date palm seed, recovered from excavations at Herod the Great 's palace on Masada in Israel. It had been preserved in a cool, dry place, not by freezing. It was germinated in 2005. [3][4][5][6]
Wad Khatib is the most common variety of date trees in Dar al-Manasir and the neighbouring Rubatab Country. The quality of Wad Khatib dates is generally inferior to Wad Laqai dates. Wad Khatib trees are recommended to be pollinated ahead of the Wad Laqai type. Part of their harvest is traditionally used for local alcohol production.
A 2,000-year-old Judean date palm seed discovered during archaeological excavations in the early 1960s was successfully germinated into a date plant, popularly known as "Methuselah" after the longest-living figure in the Hebrew Bible. At the time, it was the oldest known germination, [39] remaining so until a new record was set in 2012. [40]
A fact from Judean date palm appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know ... that the Judean date palm , which was thought to have died out around 1 CE , was resurrected using a single seed found in the palace of Herod ...