埃尔奥拉绿洲中椰枣品种多样性与栽培实践

- 埃尔奥拉绿洲中椰枣品种多样性与栽培实践 [Ai’er Aola lüzhou zhong yezǎo pinzhong duoyangxing yu zaipei shijian]
[Varietal diversity and cultivation practices of the date palm in the al-ʿUlā oasis]
Vincent Battesti & Muriel Gros-Balthazard.
in 埃尔奥拉：阿拉伯半岛的奇迹绿洲 [Ai’er Aola: Alabo Bandao de qiji lüzhou], 2024, Beijing, Paris, Artron Art Group, Éditions Skira, p. 38-41
Laïla Nehmé & Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani (dirs).
– PDF : https://hal.science/hal-05531799

This is a published translation of the following chapter: Varietal diversity and cultivation practices of the date palm in the AlUla oasis.

– (Translated) abstract of the chapter:

The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) has been cultivated for millennia across Western Asia and North Africa. It is the flagship species of the oasis agrosystem. In the oasis of al-ʿUlā, the date palm has been exploited and cultivated for more than 3,000 years for its sugar-rich fruit and for the materials it provides for construction, basketry, and other uses. Dates have long served both as a staple food and as a commodity of exchange. Hundreds of date palm varieties have been identified worldwide. Their taste, sweetness, size, shape, and color vary according to the variety, each of which bears its own name. In al-ʿUlā, more than 90 varieties currently cultivated by farmers have been identified and described by the al-ʿUlā Date Palm Agrobiodiversity project, well beyond the two local elite varieties (barnī and ḥalwah ḥamrāʾ).

➡︎ Travail réalisé dans le cadre du projet al-ʿUlā DPA ❎ & du projet al-ʿUlā AS ❎.

– Chinese abstract:

椰枣（Phoenix dactylifera L.）数千年来在西亚和北非地区持续栽培，是绿洲农业生态系统的核心物种。在阿尔乌拉（al-ʿUlā）绿洲，椰枣的利用与栽培历史已逾三千年。其富含糖分的果实，以及可用于建筑、编织等多种用途的材料，使其在地方经济与日常生活中占据重要地位。长期以来，椰枣既是基本食物资源，也是交换体系中的重要商品。

目前，全球范围内已识别出数百个椰枣品种。不同品种在口感、甜度、大小、形态和颜色等方面存在差异，并各自具有专名。在阿尔乌拉，由“al-ʿUlā 椰枣农业生物多样性项目”识别并记录的现存栽培品种已超过九十种，远不止两种被视为地方精英品种的 barnī 与 ḥalwah ḥamrāʾ。