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Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera
Date Palm · Antendri be · Dadel · Daktilopalmo · Daktylowiec właściwy · Date · Date Tree · Date palm · Datil-palmondo · Datlipalm · Dattel-Palme · Dattelpalme · Dattier · Datula · Datulinis finikas · Datulja
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Babylonia, Haiti, Turkey, Iraq, Lithuania, Egypt, Sudan, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Stomach), Ague, Analeptic, Aphrodisiac
Science studied: ACETALDEHYDE, ALUMINUM, GABA, APIGENIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Arecaceae
Scientific name: Phoenix dactylifera
Common names: Date Palm, Antendri be, Dadel, Daktilopalmo, Daktylowiec właściwy, Date, Date Tree, Date palm, Datil-palmondo, Datlipalm, Dattel-Palme, Dattelpalme, Dattier, Datula, Datulinis finikas, Datulja
History
The source record documents this plant in Babylonia, Elsewhere, Haiti, Turkey, Iraq, Lithuania, Egypt, Sudan and 4 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Stomach)
- Ague
- Analeptic
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Cancer(Uterus)
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- Catarrh
- Chest
- Coffee
- Contraceptive
- Cough
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Emollient
- Energy
- Expectorant
- Eye
- Fever
- Intoxicant
- Laxative
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Purgative
- Refrigerant
- Respiratory
- Spleen
- Sterility
- Thirst
- Urogenital
- Virility
- Anemia
- Estrogenic
- Gonorrhea
- Tonic
- Fatigue
- Flu
- Stomach
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tuberculosis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Babylonia
- Elsewhere
- Haiti
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Lithuania
- Egypt
- Sudan
- Spain
- China
- Kurdistan
- Dominican Republic
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Stomach)
- Ague
- Analeptic
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Cancer(Uterus)
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Coffee
- Contraceptive
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- Cough
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Emollient
- Energy
- Expectorant
- Eye
- Fever
- Intoxicant
- Laxative
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Purgative
- Refrigerant
- Respiratory
- Spleen
- Sterility
- Thirst
- Urogenital
- Virility
- Anemia
- Estrogenic
- Gonorrhea
- Tonic
- Fatigue
- Flu
- Stomach
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tuberculosis
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ALUMINUM
- GABA
- APIGENIN
- ARABINOSE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- ASH
- BEHENIC-ACID
- BRASSICASTEROL
- CADMIUM
- CAMPEST-4-EN-3,6-DIONE
- CAMPESTAN-4-EN-3-ONE
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHLORIDE
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- CHLORINE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- COPPER
- 3,5-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- ELLAGITANNIN
- ERGOSTEROL
- FIBER
- FRUCTOSE
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GALLO-TANNIN
- 7BETA-GLUCOSYL-CHRYSOERIOL
- GLYCOSYLAPIGENIN
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID
- 6BETA-HYDROXYSTIGMASTA-4,22-DIEN-3-ONE
- IRON
- KILOCALORIES
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- LYCOPENE
- MANGANESE
- D-MANNOSE
- METHIONINE
- NIACIN
- OXALIC-ACID
- 5-OXYPIPECOLIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PEROXIDASE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PIPECOLIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- RIBOSE
- SODIUM
- STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,6-DIONE
- 5-ALPHA-STIGMAST-22-ENE-3,6-DIONE
- 5-ALPHA-STIGMASTAN-3,6-DIONE
- SULFUR
- TANNINS
- CIS-3,5,3',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-4-METHYLSTILBENE
- THIAMIN
- TRICOSANOIC-ACID
- 3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VALINE
- WATER
- XYLOSE
- ZINC
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SUGARS
- 2,3,4-TRI-O-METHYLXYLOSE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CYSTEINE
- 3,5-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE
- 6BETA-HYDROXYCAMPEST-4-ENE-3-ONE
- IODINE
- ISOFUCOSTEROL
- LACTOSE
- LEUCOANTHOCYANIN
- POTASSIUM
- RHAMNOSE
- STACHYOSE
- STIGMAST-4,22-DIENE-3,6-DIONE
- ALANINE
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ASPARAGINE
- BAIKIAIN
- BENZOIC-ACID
- 3-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID
- CAMPEST-4-EN-3-ONE
- CAPRIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHOLESTEROL
- DEHYDRO-BETA-CAROTENE
- 2,3-DI-O-METHYLXYLOSE
- FAT
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- 4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE
- INVERTASE
- LEAD
- LINONELIC-ACID
- MALTOSE
- 2-O-METHYLXYLOSE
- PENTOSANS
- RAFFINOSE
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMASTEROL
- TRANS-3,5,3',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-4-METHYLSTILBENE
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- WAX
- PROLINE
- RUTIN
- ARGININE
- CALCIUM
- PECTINS
- BORON
- GLUCOSE
- SILICON
- SUCROSE
- PHOSPHORUS
- GLYCINE
- MAGNESIUM
- SEROTONIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- COUMARIN
- CYSTINE
- DACTYLIFRIC-ACID
- ESTROGEN
- ESTRONE
- FLAVOXANTHIN
- FOLACIN
- GALACTOSE
- GLUTAMINE
- HENEICOSANOIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- LEUCINE
- LUPEOL
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLYCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE
- LYSINE
- MARGARIC-ACID
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- POLYPHENOLS
- QUERCETIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SORBITOL
- STARCH
- STIGMAST-4-ENE-3-ONE
- 5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID
- GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID
- LUPEOL-ACETATE
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- SALICYLATES
- TANNIN
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- URONIC-ACID
- VIT-B-6
- 5ALPHA-CAMPESTERAN-3,6-DIONE
- 6-BETA-HYDROXY-STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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