Phoenix dactylifera
Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Bangladesh 56 1; Bangladesh 234 0; Benin 57 1; Benin 191 0; Bolivia 69 1; Bolivia 172 0; California 111 1; California 1527 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Cape Verde 189 1; Cape Verde 194 0; Cayman Is. 112 1; Cayman Is. 1600 0; Central African Repu 17 0; Chad 115 1; Chad 102 0; China South-Central 230 0; China Southeast 206 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1757 0; El Salvador 206 1; El Salvador 203 0; Fiji 211 1; Fiji 1694 0; Gambia 242 0; Gulf States 195 0; Gulf of Guinea Is. 243 0; India 111 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Iraq 284 1; Iraq 1768 0; Leeward Is. 165 0; Libya 318 1; Libya 1756 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Mali 350 1; Mali 239 0; Mauritania 368 1; Mauritania 100 0; Mauritius 342 1; Mauritius 184 0; Mexico Northwest 152 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Mozambique Channel I 1989 0; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0; Northern Territory 438 1; Northern Territory 155 0; Oman 455 1; Oman 115 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Queensland 474 1; Queensland 72 0; Runion 185 0; Saudi Arabia 491 1; Saudi Arabia 114 0; Senegal 499 1; Senegal 98 0; Sinai 505 1; Sinai 1749 0; Socotra 507 1; Socotra 1750 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; South Australia 506 1; South Australia 1506 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Sudan 517 1; Sudan 116 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Western Australia 579 1; Western Australia 156 0; Western Sahara 591 1; Western Sahara 1765 0
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Occurs in gardens, streets and fields (Tsintides et al. 2002).
Alien: Casual. Commonly cultivated, usually in the lowlands, though recorded at up to 1500' at Lythrodhondas (Meikle 1985).
Cultivated since antiquity, mentioned by Theophrastus as cultivated in Cyprus.
As the species is restricted to parks and gardens introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.
Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.
Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Hand R (2022) New noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (2019–2021) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 20: 1-10.
Lučan R, Bartonička T, Čížek M, Jedlička P, Řeřucha Š, Šálek M, Nicolaou H, Horáček I (2010) Spatial activity and diet of Rousettus aegyptiacus in Cyprus: Does conservation of the only European fruit bat depend on supporting alien plants? In: 15th International Bat Research Conference.
Lučan RK, Bartonička T, Jedlička P, Řeřucha Š, Šálek M, Čížek M, Nicolaou H, Horáček I (2016) Spatial activity and feeding ecology of the endangered northern population of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 815-822. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26373102