{"id":27107,"date":"2021-07-27T09:46:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T07:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/?page_id=27107"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:10:13","slug":"palmera-datilera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/jardin-de-los-honoris\/palmera-datilera\/","title":{"rendered":"Date palm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808000\">Common name: Date palm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000\">Scientific name: <em>Phoenix dactylifera, L<\/em>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000\">Honorary Doctorates: <a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2013\/01\/28\/festividad-de-santo-tomas-de-aquino-2013-e-investidura-del-excmo-dr-paul-mockapetris\/\">Paul Mockapetris<\/a> (January 28, 2013) <a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2025\/05\/19\/jaime-lamo-de-espinosa-y-manuel-pimentel-nuevos-doctores-honoris-causa\/\">Manuel Ram\u00f3n Pimentel Siles<\/a> (May 15, 2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2025\/05\/19\/jaime-lamo-de-espinosa-y-manuel-pimentel-nuevos-doctores-honoris-causa\/\">Jaime Lamo de Espinosa y Michels de Champourcin<\/a> (May 15, 2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2026\/01\/13\/la-umh-investira-como-doctora-honoris-causa-a-la-alergologa-mariana-concepcion-castells-guitart-en-santo-tomas-de-aquino\/\">Mariana Concepci\u00f3n Castell Guitard<\/a> (January 28, 2026)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Palmera-datilera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27110\" src=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Palmera-datilera-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Palmera-datilera-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Palmera-datilera.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ORIGIN: From the southern Mediterranean basin to the coasts of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>CHARACTERISTICS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A tall, single-trunked palm, often with suckers at its base.<\/li>\n<li>Spiny, glaucous leaves. It is distinguished from the Canary Island date palm by its smaller spines and grayer color.<\/li>\n<li>There are male and female specimens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>INTERESTING FACTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Palm trees are not true trees but rather arborescent plants because they lack genuine secondary growth in thickness and almost never branch.<\/li>\n<li>The Elche Palm Grove is the largest palm grove in Europe, a World Heritage Site, with more than 200,000 specimens planted by the Muslims.<\/li>\n<li>The Imperial Palm of Elche is unique, boasting seven branches at a height of 2 meters. You can visit it in the Huerto del Cura (Priest&#8217;s Orchard).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>USES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ORNAMENTAL: Used in gardens, and due to its hardiness, it has also been used for the restoration of sandy ecosystems or as a windbreak.<\/li>\n<li>FOOD: Its main use is for date production, either for eating raw or for making various products (you must try the delicacies from Elche).<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Its fronds are used in Palm Sunday celebrations, to make baskets, fans, and even to build huts in North Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common name: Date palm<br \/>\nScientific name: Phoenix dactylifera, L.<br \/>\nHonorary Doctorates: Paul Mockapetris (January 28, 2013) Manuel Ram\u00f3n Pimentel Siles (May 15, 2025) Jaime Lamo de Espinosa y Michels de Champourcin (May 15, 2025) Mariana Concepci\u00f3n Castell Guitard (January 28, 2026)<\/p>\n<p>ORIGIN: From the southern Mediterranean basin to the coasts of Pakistan.<br \/>\nCHARACTERISTICS:<\/p>\n<p>A tall, single-trunked palm, often with suckers [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3285,"featured_media":0,"parent":25517,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27107\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}