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 |  | Khadrawy 
    In
    Arabic
    means
    "green"
    referring
    to
    the
    greenish
    cast
    of
    the
    fruit
    as
    it
    begins
    to
    soften
    or
    the
    foliage
    which
    has
    a
    bright
    green
    midrib
    and
    leaf
    base. 
    the
    off
    shoots
    planted
    in
    the
    U.S.
    were
    first
    imported
    in
    1902
    from
    Basra,
    Iran
    by
    Fairchild,
    the
    noted USDA
    plant
    explorer. 
    The
    Khadrawy
    palm
    is
    one
    of
    the
    most
    distinctive
    varieties. 
    The
    fruit
    is
    yellow
    in
    the
    khalal
    stage
    and
    ripens
    early. 
    At
    the
    rutab
    stage,
    the
    fruit
    is
    amber
    or
    near
    antique
    brown,
    sometimes
    with
    a
    greenish
    cast. 
    The
    size
    is
    33
    to
    40mm
    by
    20
    to
    25mm
    with
    a
    seed
    of
    7.7
    to
    9.8mm. 
    At
    the
    Tamar
    stage,
    the
    fruit
    is
    reddish
    brown.
 
 
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