Taxon:
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753
Verified:
10/14/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
date – date palm – Arabic
nakhl – French
dattier – palmier dattier – German
Dattelpalme – Portuguese
tamareira – Spanish
palmera datilera – Swedish
dadelpalm –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | only cult. |
5 | Uncertain | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | wild populations |
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Uncertain
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman (wild populations)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F) – Human food
beverage base (fide Cornucopia) – Materials
fiber (fide Dict Econ Pl) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –