Canary Islands Date Palm - Phoenix Canariensis - Exotic Palm - 5 Seeds

Canary Islands Date Palm - Phoenix Canariensis - Exotic Palm - 5 Seeds

Phoenix canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is a large solitary palm, 10¿20 m (33¿66 ft) tall, occasionally growing to 40 m (131 ft). The leaves are pinnate, 4¿6 m (13¿20 ft) long, with 80¿100 leaflets on each side of the central rachis. The fruit is an oval, yellow to orange drupe 2 cm long and 1 cm in diameter and containing a single large seed; the fruit pulp is edible but too thin to be worth eating. The most used common name in English is Canary Island Date Palm. The common name in Spanish speaking countries and in the Canary Islands is palmera canaria. It has sometimes mistakenly been called a pineapple palm but, it is not related to pineapples at all, which are grown low to the ground and not on trees. The Canary Island date palm is very widely planted as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world, particularly in areas with Mediterranean climates. It can be cultivated where temperatures never fall below -10/-12 ¿C for extended periods, although it will require some protection if cold periods are longer than normal.