Date

Phoenix dactylifera, usually known as date or date palm, is a blooming plant animal categories in the palm family, Arecaceae, developed for its eatable sweet organic product. In spite of the fact that its definite spot of beginning is dubious in light of long development, it presumably began from the Fertile Crescent locale straddling among Egypt and Mesopotamia. The species is generally developed crosswise over Northern Africa, the Middle East, The Horn of Africa and South Asia, and is naturalized in numerous tropical and subtropical areas around the world. P. dactylifera is the sort types of family Phoenix, which contains 12–19 types of wild date palms, and is the real wellspring of business generation.

Date trees normally reach around 21–23 meters (69–75 ft) in stature, developing separately or framing a cluster with a few stems from a solitary root framework. Date natural products (dates) are oval-barrel shaped, 3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 in) long, and about 2.5 centimeters (0.98 in) in breadth, extending from splendid red to brilliant yellow in shading, contingent upon assortment. They are extremely sweet, containing around 75 percent of sugar when dried. 

Dates have been a staple sustenance of the Middle East and the Indus Valley for a great many years. There is archeological proof of date development in Arabia from the sixth thousand years BCE. The all out yearly world generation of dates adds up to 8.5 million metric tons, nations of the Middle East and North Africa being the biggest makers.