164. Indian Date?

It get its common as well as generic name from Arabic for "Indian date". It is native to tropical Africa, including Sudan and parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests. It was introduced into India so long ago that it has often been reported as indigenous there, and it was apparently from India that it reached the Persians and the Arabs who called it "Indian date" giving rise to both its common and generic names. However, the specific name "indica", also perpetuates the illusion of Indian origin. The fruit was well known to the ancient Egyptians and to the Greeks in the 4th Century B.C.

Which fruit?