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Commodity Guide Page
The Commodity Guide Page provides general product-related information and may serve as a tool to help regulatory officials identify fruits and vegetables intercepted at U.S. ports of entry.
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Phoenix dactylifera |
| Common Name(s): |
dadelpalm, date, date palm, dattelpalme, dattier, nakhl, palm fruit, palmera datilera, palmier dattier, tamareira |
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| Description: |
- 1 1/2 to 2 inches
- Thin, shiny skin
- Turning darker when ripe
- Single pit
- Very sweet
- Yellow variety also occurs
- Tropical to subtropical
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| Season Information: |
July - August. . |
| GRIN url: |
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28046
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Photograph courtesy of Cooseman's |
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