Abstract
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is harvested for its sweet fruit mainly in the middle east and other parts of the world. It has been cultivated for several thousand years and is known to be found in Mesopotamia as well. Besides the fruit, the various parts of the tree are employed for variety of uses. The stalks of the fruit, which connect the fruit to the spikelet, are very beautiful, colourful flower like structures, which have never been described earlier. These fruit stalks could be used for decorations in houses and would then add to more economic gain to the farmer. We observed these stalks and describe here this interesting finding hitherto unreported in the world literature. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v4i2.22649 Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 4 (2): 53-54, December, 2014
Highlights
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) has been cultivated for several thousand years (Foodmuseum, 2011)
Its fruit has served as a staple diet for the people living in the middle east
We have observed that the date fruit has a stalk attached to it similar to the green decorative cap like attachment similar to that on eggplant, which connects it to the spikelet
Summary
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) has been cultivated for several thousand years (Foodmuseum, 2011). Date palm has been known to be cultivated in Mesopotamian civilization as well. We have observed that the date fruit has a stalk attached to it similar to the green decorative cap like attachment similar to that on eggplant, which connects it to the spikelet. Once the date fruit is plucked by hand this stalk is left behind on the branch.
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