Passport Origin and distribution: not present in Al Fugha, but a variety exists in Zellah and also in Sokna, Hun and Waddan Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 1 % Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 50 Kg/tree Agronomic characteristics: very adaptable variety under both dry and irrigated farming. Very good offshoots capacity Flowering period: March Commercial maturity stage: Rutab and Tamar Harvest period: October Fruit and trade characteristics: fresh consumption and for cake Quality
TREE Trunk shape Foliage shape Crown shape
cylindrical Bunch type erected Bunch density moderately dense - dense Bunch colour
oblique dense orange
FRUIT Shape Apex Base Color Skin appearance Alteration of skin colour Fruit texture Perianth Flesh texture
sub-cylindrical oval flat honey pleated – corrugated sometimes collar 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)
medium medium medium medium large medium 192 169
SEED Shape Colour Surface Presence of mucro or fibrous type Micropyle position Ventral furrow shape
sub-cylindrical beige smooth - bumpy both –sometime only mucro towards the apex prominent
Length Width Length/width ratio
medium narrow medium
Main weight of 20 seeds (g)
23
Seed/Fruit length ratio Seed/Fruit weight ratio
medium medium
INFLORESCENCE Spathe Shape Spathe length Spathe width
lanceolate medium medium
N° of spathes/tree N° of spikelets in the spike N° of flowers in one spikelet
medium medium medium
QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS Total sugar content (%) Fructose (%) Glucose (%) Sucrose (%)
66,7
Magnesium (mg/kg) Potassium (mg/kg) Zinc (mg/kg) Iron (mg/kg)