Passport Origin and distribution: it’s present only in Sokna and Hun Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 0,2 % Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 50 Kg/tree Agronomic characteristics: reasonable offshoots capacity Flowering period: February - March Commercial maturity stage: Rutab Harvest period: August - September Fruit and trade characteristics: not highly commercial and use for daily fresh consumption Quality
TREE Trunk shape Foliage shape Crown shape
cylindrical spherical - erected moderately dense
Bunch type Bunch density Bunch colour
oblique - falling dense usually orange
FRUIT Shape Apex Base Color Skin appearance Alteration of skin colour Fruit texture Perianth Flesh texture
ovate round off - oval flat – flat and oblique honey corrugated - tattoed no soft - half-soft absent 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)
thin medium not much short large low 156 135
sub-cylindrical beige smooth - rough
Length Width Length/width ratio
medium narrow medium
sometime fibrous type
Main weight of 20 seeds (g)
21
at the middle usually prominent
Seed/Fruit length ratio Seed/Fruit weight ratio
high medium
lanceolate medium medium
N° of spathes/tree N° of spikelets in the spike N° of flowers in one spikelet
much medium much
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 (%)
65,7
Magnesium (mg/kg) Potassium (mg/kg) Zinc (mg/kg) Iron (mg/kg)