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Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, [2] is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa , the Middle East , the Horn of Africa , Australia , South Asia , and California . [ 3 ]
The palm fruit is reddish, about the size of a large plum, and grows in large bunches. Each fruit is made up of an oily, fleshy outer layer (the pericarp), with a single seed (the palm kernel ), also rich in oil.
Fruits Common name Scientific name Native distribution African palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus aethiopum: tropical Africa and Madagascar Ake Assi's palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus akeassii: West and Central Africa Asian palmyra palm/lontar palm/doub palm: Borassus flabellifer: southern Asia from India to Indonesia
Thais also use the fruit to make the steamed fluffy tala palm cake, call “Khanom Tan”. Male inflorescence. In northern India, the fruit is known as Taad Gola in Hindi-Urdu (ताड़ गोला / تاڑ گولا). In Kerala it is called nonku (നൊങ്ക്) whereas in Tamil Nadu, it is called nungu (நுங்கு
One of the major palm cultivars in Saudi Arabia. Its fruit is called Khlaṣ (خلاص). Notably produced in Hofuf and Qatif in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (ash-Sharqīyah). Kharbalian Pakistan: Khaṣab Kuwait; Oman: Arabic: الخصاب: Kisba, Kasbat - Asfoor Djibouti; Bahrain: Arabic: كسبة: Khaṣouee Iran: Arabic: خاصوئی ...
Fruit of the oil palm Production Of oil palm fruit worldwide, by country in 2021. Oil is extracted from both the pulp of the fruit (palm oil, an edible oil) and the kernel (palm kernel oil, used in foods and for soap manufacture). For every 100 kg of fruit bunches, typically 22 kg of palm oil and 1.6 kg of palm kernel oil can be extracted.
Palm wine is made from Jubaea also called Chilean wine palm, or coquito palm. Recently, the fruit of the açaí palm Euterpe has been used for its reputed health benefits. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is being investigated as a drug for treating enlarged prostates. [39] Palm leaves are also valuable to some peoples as a material for thatching ...
The fruit of P. dactylifera, the date of commerce, is large with a thick layer of fruit pulp, edible, very sweet and rich in sugar; the other species have only a thin layer of fruit pulp. The central soft part of the stem of P. rupicola , P. acaulis , and P. humilis is a rich source of starch.