Date palm of the Tabernacles. Palm branches were scattered before Jesus as he entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Date palm Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from the Fertile Crescent region straddling between Egypt and Mesopotamia. The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, The Middle East, The Horn of Africa and South Asia, and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. "P. dactylifera" is the type
Beautiful fruit dove from trees, palms and vines. In the Port Moresby area, birds were found to eat a mixed diet in May. Large "Tristiropsis canarioides" fruit were taken when available, but the species gets displaced from fruiting trees by larger pigeons such as the collared imperial pigeon ("Ducula mullerii"). Small "Endiandra" sp. fruit were very often eaten, but made up only a small quantity of food volume. Other food were "Gymnacranthera paniculata" and small quantities of "Polyalthia" sp., "Livistona" palm fruit, and occasionally pepper ("Piper") berries. Despite their small size, they are able to swallow fruits of 5 cm³ volume, which would