In this rectangular photograph the lateral buds appear in the center, about two feet of the trunk is seen in the bottom half and the area where the leaves meet the trunk of the date palm tree, but no whole leaves are visible, in the upper half of the image. The lateral buds are yellow in color and attached to the tree by thin green stems. They look like tassels, four large groups, hanging down in the middle of tree where the leaves meet the tree. The trunk is shades of brown and the stock and bottom part of the spiky leaves seen are green.

Date Palm Tree Lateral Buds


Date Palm Tree lateral buds are seen in this picture not long after they appeared.

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