Passport

Origin and distribution: common variety of Sokna, also

exists in Hun and Waddan

Productive area in Al Jufrah Oasis: 1 %

Mean Production in Al Jufrah Oasis: 50 Kg/tree

Agronomic characteristics: reasonable offshoots capacity

Flowering period: March

Commercial maturity stage: Balah and Tamar

Harvest period: from October to November by cut of

bunches

Fruit and trade characteristics: one of the best variety to

product vinegar and date syrup

Quality

TREE

Trunk shape cylindrical Bunch type oblique - falling

Foliage shape erected Bunch density dense

Crown shape moderately dense Bunch colour greenish - yellow

FRUIT

Shape ovate - sub-cylindrical Flesh thickness thin

Apex oval Presence of fibres much

Base flat Flesh to seed adhesion not much

Color honey Length short

Skin appearance corrugated - tattooed Width large

Alteration of skin colour sometime marbled Length/width ratio medium

Fruit texture half-soft - dry Main weight of 20 fruits (g) 154

Perianth usually absent Main flesh weight of 20 fruits (g) 129

Flesh texture usually fibrous

SEED

Shape sub-cylindrical - ovate Length medium

Colour beige – brown Width medium

Surface smooth - bumpy Length/width ratio medium

Presence of mucro

or fibrous type no Main weight of 20 seeds (g) 25

Micropyle position at the middle - towards the base Seed/Fruit length ratio high

Ventral furrow shape usually prominent Seed/Fruit weight ratio medium

INFLORESCENCE

Spathe Shape lanceolate N° of spathes/tree medium

Spathe length medium N° of spikelets in the spike medium

Spathe width medium N° of flowers in one spikelet medium

QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS

Total sugar content (%) 67,5 Magnesium (mg/kg)

Fructose (%) Potassium (mg/kg)

Glucose (%) Zinc (mg/kg)

Sucrose (%) Iron (mg/kg)