Yummy. The flesh is firm and delicate with a nice flavor. Compared with common dates, Saudi dates are sweeter, but not cloyingly sweet. This sweetness comes from pure fructose, which is not only sweet, but also sweet but not greasy, so that people eat one and want to eat another one. Palm date, arborvitae. Large evergreen tree. Also known as date palm, date palm, Iraqi honey date. Tropical important dry fruit. Leaves pinnately compound, dioecious, panicles, berries long oval. Native to West Asia and North Africa.