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Animals and plants that can generally live in hot areas are not taken for granted, especially in hot places like deserts, such as scorpions, camels and cacti, which are all animals and plants living in deserts and have their own uniqueness.

In the rural areas of southern China, there is such a kind of fruit introduced from tropical areas, which belongs to a kind of fruit that is not taken for granted. This fruit tree is the "date palm tree". Many friends living in the south will feel familiar when they see this date palm tree, which is true, because this date palm tree looks like an ordinary palm tree and an iron tree.

The great thing about the date palm tree is that it is a very high-yield fruit tree and one of the most worry-free fruit trees I have ever seen. Planting one can bear thousands of fruits and is nutritious. It is called the "king of fruits" in the desert, especially after drying.

As I said earlier, this date palm tree was introduced from tropical areas, so naturally it is not a native plant in China, but a desert plant native to North Africa and the Middle East, especially Iraq, whose date palm production accounts for13 of the world, so this date palm is also called "Iraqi date" or "Persian date".

Since date palms are mainly plants growing in tropical areas, they have been planted only in Yunnan, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan after being introduced into China.

Jujube is a fruit tree with high yield and long fruiting time. Generally, dates can grow to 10 to 20 meters, and the highest date can grow to about 35 meters.

When it comes to the fruit yield of date palm trees, there are few fruit trees that can compete with date palm trees at present. The author specially consulted a farmer friend who planted jujube trees in Guangxi. According to him, if jujube trees are well managed, they will blossom and bear fruit in 2 to 3 years, enter a high-yield period in about 5 years, and enter a high-yield period in about 8 years. It is said that the rich period can last for more than ten years.

As for jujube trees in good harvest, a fruit tree can bear thousands of fruits, about 200 kilograms, and many can even reach 500 kilograms. It can be seen that the fruit yield of this date palm tree is large, and it is also very convenient to pick dates. As long as the total branch is cut down, it can be easily taken away.

In addition, according to the data, this kind of date palm tree can grow for about a hundred years, so many farmers who plant date palm trees often joke that planting a date palm tree can support at least two generations.

Date palm trees are not only full of fruits, but also rich in nutritional value. In the Middle East, North Africa and other desert countries, this date palm is also called "desert bread" and is a favorite fruit of local dieters. Not only does it not increase fat, but it can also provide nutrients needed by the body.

In addition, the date palm also has a value that many people like, that is, it also has the dietotherapy value of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and relieving asthma, and nourishing stomach. Therefore, the date palm is very popular in North Africa and the Middle East, and it is also called the "king of fruit" in the desert by local people, which seems to be deserved.

It is precisely because of these values that the date palm has been loved by our people since it was introduced into China. Nowadays, it has been widely planted in rural areas in southern China, and many farmers will plant such a date palm tree at their doorstep.

It is good to eat fresh dates and make jam, but personally, dried dates are the best and chewy, which is also the most common way to eat dates now, and most of them are sold in the market, but the dates themselves have high sugar content, so friends with diabetes should eat less.

Source: China Photography