Passport Origin and distribution: rare variety exists in Sokna, Hun and Waddan. it’s not present in Al Fugha Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 1 % Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 50 Kg/tree Agronomic characteristics: the best variety to obtain the fibre for the rope and daily fruit consumption. Good offshoots capacity Flowering period: March Commercial maturity stage: Rutab Harvest period: from August to September by selection of dates Fruit and trade characteristics: daily consumption Quality
TREE Trunk shape Foliage shape Crown shape FRUIT Shape Apex Base Color Skin appearance Alteration of skin colour Fruit texture Perianth Flesh texture SEED Shape Colour Surface Presence of mucro or fibrous type Micropyle position Ventral furrow shape INFLORESCENCE Spathe Shape Spathe length Spathe width
cylindrical erected moderately dense - loose
Bunch type Bunch density Bunch colour
sub-cylindrical oval flat – flat and oblique honey pleated - corrugated no soft - half-soft prominent (usually present) firm (honeyed)
Flesh thickness Presence of fibres Flesh to seed adhesion Length Width Length/width ratio Main weight of 20 fruits (g)
sub-cylindrical beige smooth - rough
Length Width Length/width ratio
medium narrow medium
usually no
Main weight of 20 seeds (g)
26
Main flesh weight of 20 fruits (g)
medium medium medium medium large medium 185 159
towards the base - middle Seed/Fruit length ratio usually prominent Seed/Fruit weight ratio
medium medium
lanceolate medium medium
medium medium much
N° of spathes/tree N° of spikelets in the spike N° of flowers in one spikelet
QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS Total sugar content (%) Fructose (%) Glucose (%) Sucrose (%)
falling dense – very dense orange - yellow
68,1
Magnesium (mg/kg) Potassium (mg/kg) Zinc (mg/kg) Iron (mg/kg)