Banana vs Date Palm
Both are Fruit. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Banana
Date Palm
| Measure | Banana | Date Palm |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul, Feb–Mar | Feb–Mar (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 300–365 | 5–7 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 1.8 × 1.8 m | 8 × 8 m |
| Soil pH | 6.0–7.5 | 7.0–8.5 |
| Water | 1200–2000 | 1200–1800 |
| Temperature °C | 20–35 | 25–40 |
| Seed rate | 3,000 suckers | 156 palms |
| Yield | 50–70 t | 10–15 t |
| Watch for | Sigatoka, panama wilt, weevil | Graphiola leaf spot, borer |