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Plants & Trees
Date Palm
Ancient oasis crop · Phoenix dactylifera
A monocot with no true secondary growth — the trunk is a lignified bundle of fibers. Male and female trees are separate; each date you eat is the result of carefully managed desert cross-pollination.
Key specifications
Height
15 – 25 m
Cultivated
~7,000 yr
Fruit / yr
80 – 200 kg
Flowers
up to 2,000 / cluster
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