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3 unusual facts about Date palm


Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī

He was born in a poor family that works in the sale a sort of dates called Tawhid (hence his surname comes), and spent the rest of his childhood as an orphan in bail of his uncle which was always offending him.

Taipei Grand Mosque

Simple food such as dates and mineral water are generally served from donations collected during the whole holy month to break their fast, followed by proper dinner meal served by the mosque committees and volunteers.

Talking tree

The weeping Date palm tree: The Prophet Muhammad, when delivering his sermons used to stand by or lean on a date palm tree.


Chalan Beel

The banks of the beel are covered with dense stands of kash, babla, nol, dhol kolmi, simul, and date palm.

Date-plum

Its English name probably derives from Persian Khormaloo خرمالو literally "Date-Plum", referring to the taste of this fruit which is reminiscent of both plums and dates.

Qavam House

The mirrored porch was a focal point of the house, overlooking the Eram Garden that was designed with fountains, date palms, and flowering plants.

Urdesa

Very characteristic to this quarter is that the streets on the quarter's center are alphabetical named after native trees: Acacia, Bálsamos (Myroxylon pereirae), Cedar, Date Palm, Ebony, Ficus, Guayacán, Fig, Ilanes, Jiguas, Laurel and Myrtle.


see also

P. sylvestris

Phoenix sylvestris, the silver date palm or sugar date palm, a flowering plant species