Passport Origin and distribution: rare variety, exists in Waddan and few in Sokna and Hun. It’s not present in Zellah and Al Fugha Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 0,3 % Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 50 Kg/tree Agronomic characteristics: very good offshoots capacity Flowering period: March Commercial maturity stage: Rutab and Tamar Harvest period: from September to October by selection of dates Fruit and trade characteristics: daily human consumption and when get to dry Tamar stage used for animal feed Quality
TREE Trunk shape Foliage shape Crown shape
cylindrical spherical loose - moderately dense
Bunch type Bunch density Bunch colour
falling dense yellow
FRUIT Shape Apex Base Color Skin appearance Alteration of skin colour Fruit texture Perianth Flesh texture
ovate round off flat – flat and oblique honey- dark brown smooth no half-soft absent soft
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 medium not much short large medium 250 220
ovate beige smooth
Length Width Length/width ratio
medium medium low
usually mucro
Main weight of 20 seeds (g)
30
at the middle prominent
Seed/Fruit length ratio Seed/Fruit weight ratio
medium medium
lanceolate short medium
N° of spathes/tree N° of spikelets in the spike N° of flowers in one spikelet
medium medium medium
SEED Shape Colour Surface Presence of mucro or fibrous type Micropyle position Ventral furrow shape INFLORESCENCE Spathe Shape Spathe length Spathe width
QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS Total sugar content (%) Fructose (%) Glucose (%) Sucrose (%)
61,9
Magnesium (mg/kg) Potassium (mg/kg) Zinc (mg/kg) Iron (mg/kg)