Description: The fruits of the Date Palm tree or Khajur (G) are edible. Due to the fact, this plant was cultivated thousands of years ago and has been common to different places, as in North of Africa, Middle East and Asia. Its real origin remains unknown. (*)
Provided by: Jaisinh Calanchande e Pedro Calanchande, both Portuguese. The former was born in Mozambique and the latter was born in Portugal.
Present Location: Plant nursery belonging to Moscavide and Portela parish Districts.
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*) Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and later to your demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
(G.) Word in Gujarate language.
