Herbaria

Family

Palmae (Arecaceae)

subfamily

Genus

Phoenix L.

Species

Phoenix dactylifera L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp.Pl. ed.1: 1188 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (All over the country)

TANE (Nv)

ALEX (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

ALEX

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (5)

TANE (11)

ALEX (1)

Habitat

alluvial and sandy soil, Nile and canal banks

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Nakhl نخيل البلح

EnglishName

Date palm

herbariaUses

fruit edible

building materials

Making baskets, ropes, cages, chairs..etc.

GlobalDistribution

Widely cultivated in the Middle East and dry regions of Africa and subspontaneous

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L.2005. Palmae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V and Drar. 1950. Flora of Egypt. Vol.2:Bull.Fac.Sci. 28: 1-547

Bircher, W. B. 1990. THe Date Palm. Egyptian Studies Association Publ. 2. Cairo University Herbarium

Bedair, H., Shaltout, K. H., Ahmed, D. A., Sharaf El-Din, A., El-Fahhar, R. (2020). Characterization of wild trees and shrubs in the Egyptian flora. Egypt. J. Bot. Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 147-168.