Where is the date palm produced?

Jujube is mainly produced in the Middle East, North Africa and tropical or subtropical areas such as Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong.

Date palm is one of the important fruit crops in dry and hot areas. Besides edible fruit, its inflorescence juice can be used to make sugar, its leaves can be used to make paper, and its trunk can be used as building materials and sinks. It has a beautiful tree shape and is often used as an ornamental plant.

Date palm is a highly resistant plant, which can withstand high temperature, drought, salinity, frost, moisture and humidity, and grows well in tropical to subtropical regions. Jujube trees have good adaptability and have no strict requirements on soil, but organic loam with fertile soil and good drainage is suitable.

Dates in different regions

1, UAE date palm

The scientific name of the date palm from the United Arab Emirates is Wuliaozi, because its tree shape is like a coconut tree and its fruit shape is like a date in China, so it is called the date palm. Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a good nourishing nutrition, and the status of date palms is also very high. This kind of fruit is called "gold in the desert" and is a must-have specialty for traveling to the United Arab Emirates.

2. Saudi date palms

As one of the important date palm producing areas, Saudi Arabia has been actively developing and popularizing its date palm industry. Buraidai is the capital of Kassem province in Saudi Arabia and is famous for its high-quality dates. Every autumn, when the dates are harvested, there will be a grand "Brady Date Festival".

3. Iraqi date palms

Because date palm trees and date palms play an extremely important role in the daily life of the Arab people, Iraqi date palms are called "green gold" by Arabs. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are all big date palm producers, and their annual output has always exceeded 400,000 tons.