Phoenix (plant) hybridisation and cross-pollination. Several natural hybrids were hence obtained: "P. dactylifera X. P. sylvestris "(India)," P. dactylifera × P. canariensis" (Morocco, Algeria and Israel), and " P. dactylifera × P. reclinata "(Senegal). "Phoenix" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including "Paysandisia archon" and the "Batrachedra" species "B. amydraula" (recorded on "P. dactylifera"), "B. arenosella" and "B. isochtha" (feeds exclusively on "Phoenix" spp.). The fruit of "P. dactylifera", the date of commerce, is large with a thick layer of fruit pulp, edible, very sweet and rich in sugar; the other species have only a
Cursing the fig tree Hindu tradition, as stated in such texts as the Bhagavad Gītā, the Kaṭhopaniṣad and the Ṛg Veda, the banyan tree, or Indian fig-tree, is a symbol for the human race. As stated in the commentary to the Bhagavad Gītā, there are current theories which are confirmed by the author that Jesus was educated in India. In the story of the fig tree, Jesus sees that the tree does not bear fruit for him and so he curses it. The Hindu interpretation of this story, as stated in the Bhagavad Gītā, is that Jesus was a criminal who was considered an