Palm or Phoenix dactylifera is a plant monocot family of the Arecaceae and the Coryphoideae subfamily, widely cultivated for its fruits: dates.
The fruits are called dates and are grouped into regimes: what are berries, fleshed sweet surrounding a bone 'core' which is actually the seed.
The date palm is a great palm tree 15-30 m tall, cylindrical trunk, wearing a Crown of leaves.The leaves are pinnate, finely divided and long from 4 to 7 meters.
male and female flowers are borne on different individuals. Male or female inflorescence called a spadix, is hit by a very large membranous bract, the spathe. The female flowers have three independent carpels, which one develops to form the date. Because of the length of the vegetative phase of the Palm, it cannot know the sex of a plant that after 6-8 years.
Plant a Palm tree, need lots of Sun and a moist at all times. Pay attention to temperatures below-10 ° C. However, the variety of Palm tree which best resist the cold is the phoenix dactylifera.
Family: Arecaceae
leaves: persistent
growth: average
height: 15 to 20 meters
planting: in spring or summer
