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date

Edible fruit of a date palm

EntityQ1652093

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Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the region from the Gulf States and Iraq to Pakistan and India. It is cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, Australia, South and Southeast Asia, the coastal Mediterranean basin, and Southern California. It is naturalised in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. P. dactylifera is the type species of genus Phoenix, which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms.

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Natural product of taxon: date palm
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1.alwosta.tn/fr/blog/147_dattes-20-bienfaits-3-mefaits-et-5-proprietes-medicinales.html
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Phoenix
Color: brown
yellow
Carbon footprint: 3.3 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram
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1.Stated in This is how the future tastes: the culinary compass for a healthy earth
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Different from: Date
Datil
Dattel
Water footprint: 2,277 cubic metre per ton
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1.Stated in The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products
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