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Phoenix dactylifera (date-palm)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Phoenix dactylifera L.
Preferred Common Name
- date-palm
International Common Names
- English: date palm; the edible date
- Spanish: datilera; palma datilera; palmera; palmera datilera
- French: dattier; palmier dattier
- Arabic: khuriude-yális
- Portuguese: tamareira
Local Common Names
- Brazil: tamareira
- Germany: Dattelpalme
- India: ittappuzham; karchuram; khaji; khajur; kharjuramu; khorjjuri; perich chankay; tenitta
- Italy: palma da datteri; palma del dattero
- Netherlands: dadelpalm
- Pakistan: khaji; khajur
- Sweden: dadelpalm
EPPO code
- PHXDA (Phoenix dactylifera)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Monocotyledonae
- Order: Arecales
- Family: Arecaceae
- Genus: Phoenix
- Species: Phoenix dactylifera
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Apomyelois ceratoniae (blunt-winged knot-horn); Aspergillus niger (black mould of onion); Batrachedra amydraula (lesser date moth); Boerhavia diffusa (red spiderling); Brevipalpus phoenicis (false spider mite); Cadra cautella (dried currant moth); Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii (clover proliferation phytoplasma); Carpophilus (dried-fruit beetles); Conyza bonariensis (hairy fleabane); Dysmicoccus brevipes (pineapple mealybug); Euphorbia hirta (garden spurge); Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug); Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis (Fusarium wilt of date palm); Haplaxius crudus (American palm cixiid); Helicotylenchus dihystera (common spiral nematode); Lasiodiplodia hormozganensis; Oligonychus afrasiaticus (old world date mite); Ommatissus binotatus (Dubas date bug); Oryctes boas (rhinoceros beetle); Oryctes monoceros (coconut beetle); Oryctes rhinoceros (coconut rhinoceros beetle); Parlatoria blanchardi (Parlatoria date scale); Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion); Raoiella indica (red palm mite); Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil); Rhynchophorus palmarum (South American palm weevil); Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust)Minor host of:
Acarus siro (flour mite); Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly); Alhagi maurorum (camelthorn); Alternaria alternata (alternaria leaf spot); Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly); Aonidiella orientalis (oriental yellow scale); Apate monachus (black borer); Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Armillaria tabescens (armillaria root rot); Asarcopus palmarum (date bug); Aspergillus flavus (Aspergillus ear rot); Asphodelus tenuifolius (onionweed); Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale); Aureobasidium iranianum; Bactrocera neohumeralis; Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly); Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly); Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (yellow disease phytoplasmas); Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae (lethal yellowing (LY)); Carpophilus hemipterus (dried fruit beetle); Carposina sasakii (peach fruit moth); Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly); Ceratocystis paradoxa (black rot of pineapple); Ceratocystis radicicola; Cheyletus malaccensis (predatory mite); Chrysomphalus aonidum (circular scale); Cochliobolus spicifer (spring dead spot of grasses); Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (cadang cadang disease); Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry); Cunaxa capreolus; Diaprepes abbreviatus (citrus weevil); Ephestia kuehniella (Mediterranean flour moth); Fusarium torulosum; Graphiola phoenicis (false smut of palms); Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (European mole cricket); Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Hemicriconemoides mangiferae; Khuskia oryzae (cob rot of maize); Lasiodiplodia theobromae (diplodia pod rot of cocoa); Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Mauginiella scaettae; Meloidogyne arenaria (peanut root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne javanica (sugarcane eelworm); Mycosphaerella tassiana (antagonist of Botrytis cinerea); Nectria ventricosa; Oryzaephilus surinamensis (saw toothed grain beetle); Paysandisia archon (South American palm borer); Penicillium expansum (blue mould of stored apple); Pestalotiopsis clavispora; Pestalotiopsis palmarum (grey: palm leaf spot); Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug); Phoenicococcus marlatti (marlatt scale); Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug); Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus (red ring nematode); Rhynchophorus phoenicis (African palm weevil); Selenaspidus articulatus (West Indian red scale); Sordaria fimicola; Spodoptera littoralis (cotton leafworm); Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite); Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle); Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine); Urophorus humeralis (pineapple sap beetle); Virachola livia; Zaprionus indianus; Zophopetes dysmephila (palm tree nightfighter)Associated with (not a host):
Aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Phaeoacremonium aleophilum (Petri disease); Serratia marcescensHost of (source - data mining):
Alternaria radicina (black rot of carrots); Amitermes desertorum; Aphelenchoides besseyi (rice leaf nematode); Aphelenchus avenae (fungivorous nematode); Arenipses sabella; Aspergillus; Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Cadra calidella (carob, moth); Cadra figulilella (raisin moth); Carpophilus freemani; Carpophilus lugubris (sap beetle, dusky); Carpophilus mutilatus (flower beetle); Carpophilus obsoletus (corn sap beetle); Chaetomium; Chaetosphaeropsis; Cladosporium; Cladosporium sphaerospermum (leaf spot); Coccotrypes dactyliperda (beetle, button); Cochliobolus sativus (root and foot rot); Colletotrichum; Dickeya chrysanthemi (bacterial wilt of chrysanthemum and other ornamentals); Ditylenchus; Enneadesmus obtusedentatus; Eurygaster; Eutetranychus orientalis (Citrus brown mite); Fusarium; Fusarium incarnatum; Fusarium oxysporum (basal rot); Gibberella acuminata (stalk rot of maize); Gibberella fujikuroi (bakanae disease of rice); Gibberella intricans (damping-off of safflower); Haptoncus luteolus; Helicotylenchus indicus; helicotylenchus microcephalus; Helicotylenchus multicinctus (banana spiral nematode); Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus (spiral nematode); Helminthosporium; Hirschmanniella oryzae (rice root nematode); Hoplolaimus columbus; Hoplolaimus indicus (lance nematode); Icerya aegyptiaca (breadfruit mealybug); Longidorus (longidorids); Longidorus pisi; Lyctus africanus (african powder-post beetle); Meloidogyne (root knot nematodes); Merlinius brevidens; Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (silky cane weevil); Mycosphaerella; Oryzaephilus mercator (merchant grain beetle); Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (cotton, seed bug); Paracoccus marginatus (papaya mealybug); Penicillium (penicillium ear rot); Pestalotia; Phoma; Phomopsis; Physiphora demandata; Pratylenchus brachyurus (root-lesion nematode); Pratylenchus coffeae (banana root nematode); Pratylenchus thornei; Pratylenchus vulnus (walnut root lesion nematode); Rhizoctonia; Rhizopus; Rotylenchulus (reniform nematode); Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Theba pisana (white garden snail); Trichoderma; Trichoderma harzianum (hyperparasite of Rhizoctonia solani); Tylenchorhynchus annulatus (stunt nematode); Vespa orientalis (hornet, oriental); Xiphinema (dagger nematode); Xiphinema americanum (dagger nematode); Xiphinema basiriUses List
Top of pageAnimal feed, fodder, forage
- Fodder/animal feed
Environmental
- Agroforestry
- Erosion control or dune stabilization
- Shade and shelter
- Soil improvement
- Windbreak
Fuels
- Fuelwood
General
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Beverage base
- Flour/starch
- Fruits
- Honey/honey flora
- Oil/fat
Materials
- Fibre
- Gum/resin
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Wood Products
Top of pageSawn or hewn building timbers
- Bridges
- Engineering structures
- Exterior fittings
- Fences
- For light construction
- Hydraulic works