ABSTRACT
Date-palm belongs to family Palmae and is the most common tree of desert and dry areas. Date palm is one of the oldest trees known to man kind. Date-palm is believed to have originated in the countries around Persian Gulf. Date is a staple food of the people of the Western Iraq and North Africa. Date palms produce many products that are useful to human beings. Dates can be used in cereal, pudding, bread, pressed cakes, cookies, candy bars, ice cream, and date shakes. Date fruit also can be made into juice, vinegar, wine, beer, sugar, syrup, honey, chutney, pickle, paste, dip, and food flavoring. Dates is nutrious fruit rich in sugar, iron, potassium, calcium and nitotinic acid. Date fruit are good sources of iron and potassium, a fair source of calcium, chlorine, copper, magnesium, and sulfur and a minor source of phosphorus.
