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Jujube (English name: Date): also known as Persian date, date, Iraqi date, is the date palm (scientific name: Phoenix dactylifera) fruit, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" said no leakage. The original plant belongs to the genus Anemone, family Palmae. Distributed in the Middle East, North Africa and China's Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places, has been introduced by artificial cultivation. Growing in tropical and subtropical areas, it is a kind of green tree common in the desert oasis of the Middle East and North Africa. The trunk of the date palm tree is tall and straight, and its leaves are pinnately compound, with long and narrow blades, similar to those of the coconut tree. The date palm tree is dioecious and is drought, alkali and heat tolerant but prefers humidity. The age of the tree can reach 100 years. The fruit is highly productive and is an important export crop for some countries in the Middle East. With its high nutritional value, date palm is also known as desert bread.

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