date palms
Desert fruit bearers
Date palms are tall trees native to the Middle East and North Africa, cultivated for thousands of years for their sweet, chewy fruit.
The trees thrive in arid climates with access to water, growing up to 75 feet tall with distinctive feathery fronds.
A single tree can produce over 200 pounds of dates annually: The oasis was lined with date palms.
- oasisFertile desert spot
- desertTo leave behind completely
- SaharaLargest hot desert
- PhoenixArizona's capital city
- drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit
arid climate · fronds · perennial · Medjool · xerophytes · aquifers · Saudi Arabia · inflorescence · pollination · camel caravans · tree of life · sticky · fertile · irrigation · cultivation · swaying · harvest · fruit
- palm treescoconut palms, fan palms, oil palms, sago palms
- Al-Qassim
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- useful plantsfood plants, medicinal plants, fruit trees, nut trees, root crops
- ArabiaSaudi Arabia, Mecca, Medina, Kaaba, Riyadh
- desert oasiswell, water source, oasis, springs, shade