Stats

Lifespan: Up to 100 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Desert
Range: Middle East
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Spines
Status: Uncommon

About

One of humanity's oldest cultivated trees, the Date Palm has been farmed for over 7,000 years across the Middle East and North Africa. A single mature tree can produce more than 100 kilograms of sweet fruit each season, its towering 30-meter trunk crowned with a plume of feathery, arching fronds.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Phoenix
Species: Phoenix dactylifera