Date finger

Date finger (Date palm) - is the noblest representative of tropical flora and at the same time one of the most elegant and most majestic deciduous plants. It is a slender evergreen tree, native to humid areas of Africa, belongs to the family arekovoy (Arecaceae). Date palmate — a plant with a straight trunk, covered with the remains of leaf petioles. Reach a height of 15-26 meters. Leaves, feathery, raised, up to 6 meters long, are arranged in a beam on top of the trunk. Flowers are same-sex, collected in paniculate inflorescences, wind-pollinated. The fruit is a date, oblong drupe up to 8 cm long and 4 cm wide. This exotic tree grows in natural conditions on the banks of water bodies, the roots usually reach the water. Date digitate tolerant of waterlogged soils. Can withstand a decrease in temperature to -14ºC, but it will affect the shape of the plant - the tree will stop the growth in length. The Arabic proverb says that "the date palm is the Queen of the oases, it bathes its feet in water, and the beautiful head in the fire of the sun". MAINTENANCE