Arecaceae
Cretan date palm
Phoenix theophrasti
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Phoenix
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- نخلة كريتية, نخلة ثيوفراسية
- arz
- نخله كريتيه
- Catalan
- Palmera de Creta
- Chinese
- 克里特海枣
- Czech
- Datlovník Theofrastův
- Dutch
- Kretenzische dadelpalm
- English
- Cretan date palm, Theophrastus's date palm
- French
- Dattier de Crète, Palmier de Crète, Vayi
- German
- Kretische Dattelpalme
- Greek
- Κρητικός φοίνικας, Φοίνικας του Θεόφραστου
- Hungarian
- Krétai datolyapálma
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kretapalme
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kretapalme
- Russian
- Финик Теофраста, Финиковая пальма Теофраста, Финик критский, Финиковая пальма критская
- Swedish
- Kretensk dadelpalm
- Turkish
- Datça hurması
Photos
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Zsolyomi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Cliff date palmPhoenix rupicolaArecaceae
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- Dwarf date palmPhoenix acaulisArecaceae
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.