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Each value Trefle shows for Phoenix dactylifera, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 1188 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Date	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Arabian Pen. to S. Pakistan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	3000 cm	3000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 540, 668, 882	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 668, 877	Sourced
Fruit color	brown, orange, yellow, black	black, brown, orange, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 540, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	panicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	800 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 540, 668, 882	Not on the record
Sexuality	empty	dioecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record
Human usage type	—	cooked_fruit, food_general, ornamental, salt_tolerant_ornamental, wine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 341, 414	Not on the record

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