What is Date Palms/Phoenix dactylifera and characteristics of Date Palms
Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as Dates or Date Palms, and it is flowering plant species in the palm family, Date Palms fruit produces date palms
Date Palms tree are mainly grown for its well known sweet fruits and these fruits are consumed worldwide because of its medical use
And its leaves will grow up to 4 to 6 meters, and one leaf will have around 150 gums and these gums will grow up to 50cm
These fruits are being divided according to their taste and color and size, some of the date palms can be eaten rawly and some are being eaten once it has been dried and warmed
and all this Phoenix dactylifera fruits contains medicinal characteristics that help in healing.
And these fruits are more liked by the children's and old age peoples for its well-known taste hence it is being used as ingredients in many recipes
These date palms are being grown more in Arab countries because date palms are suitably cultivated more in the desert area(which has more humidity).
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These date palms are most importantly used in preparation of Unani medicine, Ayurveda medicine, and is also used in English medicine
And in India Date Palms are not being grown more because the climate doesn't support it, hence date palms are being imported from the other countries
Arab peoples use more date palms fruits because it will not be spoiled easily if it is kept year together also,
According to Fossil records, Date Palms may be existed for at least more than 50 million years.
Date Palms growing zone
Date Palms are cultivated more for its edible sweet fruit, it's exact place of origin is not been found, but it seems to come from Iran,
And it is considered to be originated from Egypt & Mesopotamia, & these Date Palms are mainly cultivated across North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Arabia, United States, California and in South Asia(India, Pakistan, etc), and they are being grown more in Dessert area like Rajasthan(India)
Date trees reach a height of about 21-24metres,
Date Palms can take 4-8 years after planting to produce proper fruit.
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Varieties of date palms
Date Palms which contains 12-15+ species types of Date Palms, they are
- Sukkary
- Ammari
- Pygmy date palm
- Angou
- Arichti
- Bejjou
- Bisr Helou
- Gounta
- Goushi
- Branch of Hamraya dates
- Hissa
- Kenta
- Kentichi
- Lagou
- Tunisia
- Trounja, etc.
Top 13 health benefits of Date Palms
1 - All types of different Palms contains a source of Antioxidants
2 - 'It's useful for controlling blood sugar balance, Diabetes
3 - Helps to reduce blood pressure
4 - Nutritious, high in fiber, increase immunity
5 - Dates contain a brain booster - which is helpful for the students who want a sharp brain
6 - Helps to maintain bone mass - which is useful for the people who are suffering from the less bone mass
7 - They are having natural sweetness in it hence they are used as an ingredient - it is used by most of the sugar patients (because Phoenix dactylifera natural contains the sugar in it)
8 - And we should eat Palms because it consists of Dietary fiber, protein, Vitamin A, B, C, E, K and minerals like Calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, Sodium, Zinc, etc
9 - If the date palms are mixed with the honey and if it is given in the morning and evening to the children, then they will automatically gain the Vivacity.
10 - And the people who are suffering from the eyesight problem if they eat date palms regularly then they can see the improvement in their eyes.
11 - For the woman who is between the age of 45-55 they will be suffering from the calcium inefficiency if they start to eat date palms then they can see the increase in the bone density and they can reduce the knee pain also.
12 - And the people who are suffering from the sputum and cough if they drink the hot milk which is mixed with date palms seed(breaked one) then they can easily reduce it.
13 - The person who is suffering from nerves problem and with less memory power if they start to eat date palms with the boiled water then they can gain memory power and then they will see the reduced nerve problem.
These are the major benefits of Phoenix dactylifera, and now let us see the disadvantages of Phoenix dactylifera,
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Top disadvantages of Phoenix dactylifera(Date Palms)
1 - The people whoever has the Sugar disease they should not eat more date palms because the date palms contain the more sugar content in it which will be a danger for the sugar patient
2 - Naturally date palms contain more carbohydrates which may create the teeth problem
3 - And in some situation Date Palms make people fat because of their body suitability
4 - Phoenix dactylifera should not be given to the baby under the 1year because it contains more fiber in it.
5 - And people whoever buys the date palms please be careful because some fruits will be filled with the candle led, to attract the people.
6 - And whoever consumes less quantity date palm fruit they can face throat problem for some days
Conclusion - These are the main advantages and disadvantages of date palms fruit, if you found any wrong in my content please let me know through your valuable comments, this will help me to know my mistakes and I try to correct myself.
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