TEAM MEMBERS: 1- ALYA RASHED AL MAZROUEI TOGA ABBAS MOZA SALEM AL NUAIMI ALYAZIA SALMEEN AL SHAMSI INSTRUCTOR: DR. TERENCE WING SPRING 2013 United Arab Emirates University Collage of Food and Agriculture Communication Skills Course Date Palms

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Dates: Originated– Persian Gulf. Cultivated from Mesopotamia-to-prehistoric Egypt (4000 BCE) Cultivation- Eastern Arabia (6000 BCE) Toga Abbas Uaeinteract.com History of date palms

CONT… Common in – (South& South East Asia, Northern Africa, Spain& Italy). Introduced–by( Mexico& California),Spaniards (1765). oldest discovered date seeds on Delma island in the emirate of Abu Dhabi (1998). Toga Abbas Uaeinteract.com

USES OF DATE PALMS: Dates – source of various foodstuffs, such as syrup. Wood– built houses. Leaves– made thatched roof. Date palm leaves – creation of mats, baskets & fans. Toga Abbas dubai.travel-culture.com

CONT…. Cores— 8% oil extraction to eat boiled with milk to treat urinary kidney disease Fibre– make rope& use it in cleaning. Palm leaf ribs– make Garghour. Toga Abbas Uaeinteract.com

DESCRIPTION Medium sized (15-25m) Popular for it’s sweet fruits. Several trunks, single root. Leaves are pinnate with spines (6-10m) with about 150 leaflets (30m) Grow up to feet. Live more than 200 years.

LOCATION Top Ten Date Producers — 2005 (1000 tonnes) Iraq7, Saudi Arabia4, Egypt1, Iran United Arab Emirates Algeria Pakistan Sudan Libya China World Total16, Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) “Tree of life” Grown for Thousands of years in hot, dry desert region. Tropical and subtropical areas.

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In March or April Date palms start to flower. One male Date palm can pollinate about 50 females. Once the male pods open, they are cut out of the trees and hung upside down to dry. Date Palms Team 223 March 2012 Alyazia.S Pollination Process of Date Palms

.Once they have dried, pollen is stored in a cool place and ready to be used for pollination. The pollen has to be placed inside female flowers. By mid May you can see immature, developing. Date Palms Team 223 March 2012 Alyazia.S Pollination Process of Date Palms

Date Palm in UAE is grown in three main regions: both Western & Eastern Coastal Areas, and inland areas. Date Palm plays an important socio- economical role in the UAE. Before Oil discovery, date palm was used for all purposes. Alyazia.SDate Palms Team 223 March 2012 Dates Palms In UAE

The Actual date tree population is about 40 million of which 33 million palms are in Abu Dhabi Emirate alone. During the first week of August of each year, there is an annual Date Festival organized at Liwa. Alyazia.SDate Palms Team 223 March 2012 Dates Palms In UAE