Fruits & Vegetables week - Phoenix dactylifera (Date palm)

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Sending photos of date palm.


Name : Phoenix dactylifera
Common name of fruit :  Date  (English)   Khajur (Hindi)
Place  : Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Date   :  14.11.2010
Others :  Seen in arid areas of Gujerat and Rajasthan. 
               Date fruit is considered as an ideal food containing most of the essential nutrients like pottassium.
              The flowers of the date palm are edible.  Seeds of date are ground and mixed in flour during the time of scarcity.
              Date palms are tapped for the sweet sap called Nira which is converted to palm jaggery.
          

Regards,

Mani.
  

[tanay bose]

Nice catch of Kajhur

Tanay

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[mani nair]

Thanks Tanay ji for your appreciation. Sorry, I did not get any flowers or fruit photos of Khajur at Mount Abu   as it was not the fruiting season. However, I am sending photos of the Khajur and the dry Khajur.

Regards,

Mani.

[tanay bose]

Nice one nami ji I always like the red ones

tanay

[mani nair]

Here are some photos of the Khajur tree with fruits.

Place : Humayun's tomb, Delhi

Date  : June 2009

Regards,

Mani.