Details for: PI 4611, Phoenix dactylifera L., Deglet Noor


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Top Name:
Deglet Noor
Origin:
Collected – Algeria
Received by NPGS:
08 Mar 1900
PI Assigned:
1900
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Plant1 countPI 4611 CVARS PL
 
Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf
  • USA – Arizona (See state regulation: Palm pests)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/louisianas_laws_and_regulations_npb_website_april_2023_tp.pdf
  • USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Lethal Yellowing Quarantine. )
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/nevada_state_regulations_npb_13december2023.pdf
  • USA – Nevada (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/npb_ca_summary_2025_-_grkn_added.pdf
  • USA – California (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm.)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf
  • USA – Texas (See state regulations: Lethal Bronzing of Palms, Lethal yellowing, red palm mite)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Top Name:
Deglet Noor
Origin:
Collected – Algeria
Received by NPGS:
08 Mar 1900
PI Assigned:
1900
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

Algeria

Donated
16 February 1900.
Texas, United States

08 March 1900.
Algeria
Comment: Presented through Yahia ben Kassem
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Deglet Noor
Type: Unverified name

78-22
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
About 80% of date acreage in California. Very attractive appearance. Distinctive delicate flavor. Firm texture, semidry, holds shape better in packing/handling/storage than softer varieties. Fruit susceptible to rain and humidity damage. Vigorous growth on good soils. More susceptible to omphalia root rot, less sensitive to freeze than other varieties. Female plant.
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Genus:
Phoenix
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Phoeniceae
Nomen number:

28046
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753
Verified:
10/14/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdate  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishdate palm  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabicnakhl  2Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Frenchdattier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchpalmier dattier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanDattelpalme  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesetamareira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpalmera datilera  2Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Swedishdadelpalm  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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