Phoenix canariensis; Canary Date Palm

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Phoenix canariensis; Canary Date Palm

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Phoenix canariensis
Canary Date Palm

Photographer: Joseph Dougherty

ID: 0000 0000 0508 2376 (2008-05-30)

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date of photo 2005

this photo depicts a plant that was cultivated or collected in the wild

photo location Mission San Luis Rey

plant's place of origin Canary Islands (Spain)

family Arecaceae

notes for more info see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis. The Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) is a large palm native to the Canary Islands off the Atlantic coast of north Africa. It grows up to 20 m tall but usually does not reach 10 m, with a stout trunk 70-90 cm diameter. The leaves are pinnate, up to 6 m long, with 80-100 leaflets on each side of the central rachis. The fruit is an oval yellow to orange-brown drupe 2 cm long and 1 cm diameter and containing a single large seed; the fruit pulp is edible but too thin to be worth eating.

camera Nikon

contributor's ID # 2005_05_03_JD_0162

photo category: Plant - tree

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common names Canary Date Palm (photographer)

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