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Phoenix theophrasti
''Phoenix theophrasti'', the Cretan date palm, is a palm native to the eastern Mediterranean, with a very restricted distribution, confined to southern Greece, a few sites on Crete and nearby islands as well as some places on the Turkish coast. In Europe, with ''Chamaerops humilis'' (palm tree that grows in the Western Mediterranean) are the unique native palm trees in the continental Europe. (The Canary Islands, part of Spain located near Africa has a tropical climate, and has a few more types of palm trees; but is not located on continental Europe.) In Turkey, it is the only native palm species; all the others—although much more common—were introduced.〔
The specific epithet ''theophrasti'' was chosen by the Swedish botanist Werner Greuter in 1967 for the fact that Theophrastus, the ancient Greek ‘father of botany,’ had described several types of palms, including one from Crete.〔
==Description==
Apart from the usually inedible dates and upright fruit clusters, the Cretan species can appear quite similar to the cultivated date (''Phoenix dactylifera'').〔
''Phoenix theophrasti'' grows up to 15 m tall, usually with several slender stems. The leaves are pinnate, 2–3 m long, with numerous rigid greyish-green linear leaflets 15–50 cm long on each side of the central rachis. Dead leaves are marcescent, remaining attached to the stem for years after withering.〔 The fruit is an oval yellowish-brown drupe 1.5 cm long and 1 cm diameter and containing a single large seed; the fruit pulp is too thin and fibrous to be of agricultural significance and has an acrid taste, though the fruits are sometimes eaten by the locals.
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