Return
Phoenix L.
Genus composed of 14 species, mainly distributed across Afro-Asian tropics and subtropics, from Macaronesia to the Philippines. In North Africa it is represented by a single species, P. dactylifera, of Saharan distribution. Widely cultivated since ancient times, now there are several million of these trees in the Saharan oases, but very few grow spontaneously.
Munier, P. 1973. Le Palmier dattier. Maisonneuve et Larose. Paris. 224 pp.
Updated by: B. Valdés & J. Charco.