W SENEGAL DATE PALM DID YOU KNOW? This tree was brought from Africa 100 years ago approximately. Today, it is still considered to be one of the most preserved specimens in Spain. It is the most glittering specimen in the garden. It belongs to the Arecaceae family and the Coryphoideae family. It is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Comorose Islands. Common names: “palmera del Senegal”, “palmera reclinada” (Spanish); “palmeira do Senegal” (Galician); “wild date palm”, “Senegal date palm” (English). Etymology: • Phoenix: it is a generic name that comes from the Greek word “φοῖνιξ” or “φοίνικος” (phoinikos), which is the name used for the date palm, used by Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder. It is likely for them to refer to the Phoenician Phoenix, son of Amyntor and Cleobule in Homer’s Iliad, or to the phoenix (bird). • Reclinate: it comes from the word “reclinatus, -a, -um” (tilted backwards) due to how its trunk grows. Description: It is a dioecious evergreen palm, usually with many trunks that are 15 meters high and 10-12 centimeters in diameter, often growing tilted. Bigger specimens are over 12 meters high. Its leaves are pinnate, curved, green (either bright or intense) and have 30 centimeters long petioles that have long, sharp thorns. Its crown has 20-40 leaves. It is a dioecious plant, which means that there are female and male specimens. Males’ inflorescence is yellow and females’ is small, globose and yellow-green. Its fruit is an orange edible date. It has a single seed that reminds of date palm’s but is a little thicker and bigger. Every base has many plants and they expand with interlaced leaves, which were present on E Palm Sunday when people from Padrón would carry them. Also, Padrón’s Botanical Garden S cannot be thought of without this tree, because it provides dynamism and an exotic touch. N SingularÁrbore Senlleiratree in de Galicia Appr�imat� ag�: 100 year� Appr�imat� measurement�: Heigh�: 12,20 �. Trun� diameter: 13,40 �. Crow� widt�: 12,20 �..