Passport Origin and distribution: rare variety of Sokna, Hun and Waddan. It’s not present in Zellah and Al Fugha Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 0,1 % (started to expanded) Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 60 Kg/tree Agronomic characteristics: Low offshoot production, with poor rooting ability Flowering period: March Commercial maturity stage: Rutab and Tamar Harvest period: in September by selection of dates Fruit and trade characteristics: very soft and larger than average and pleasantly sweet without being cloying. Low productive, with a high storability. Considered a rare delicacy, represents the top quality of date with an excellent market value Quality
TREE Trunk shape Foliage shape Crown shape
cylindrical erected - spherical moderately dense
Bunch type Bunch density Bunch colour
erected moderately dense orange
FRUIT Shape Apex Base Color Skin appearance Alteration of skin colour Fruit texture Perianth Flesh texture
ovate round off flat honey corrugated sometime collar half-soft absent soft - firm (honeyed)
Flesh thickness Presence of fibres Flesh to seed adhesion Length Width Length/width ratio Main weight of 20 fruits (g) Main flesh weight of 20 fruits (g)
thick much not much short - medium large low 265 243
ovate brown rough
Length Width Length/width ratio
medium medium low
sometime mucro
Main weight of 20 seeds (g)
22
SEED Shape Colour Surface Presence of mucro or fibrous type Micropyle position Ventral furrow shape INFLORESCENCE Spathe Shape Spathe length Spathe width
towards the base - middle Seed/Fruit length ratio not prominent Seed/Fruit weight ratio
low low
lanceolate medium medium
N째 of spathes/tree N째 of spikelets in the spike N째 of flowers in one spikelet
medium medium medium
Magnesium (mg/kg) Potassium (mg/kg) Zinc (mg/kg) Iron (mg/kg)
610 6010 3,9 7,4
QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS Total sugar content (%) Fructose (%) Glucose (%) Sucrose (%)
73,4 34,9 38,4 0,1