Seed with 2,000 years gives rise to rare Palm tree
A young Palm tree, called Metusalah, flourished for the third time after a seed with 2,000 years old have been planted, for eight years. Ancestral seeds were found in a jar of clay in the fortified Palace of Herod the great in Masada, Israel in 1973.One of those turned out to be seeds planted in 2005 and, to everyone's surprise, gave rise to a rare and ancient plant. Who sowed was the botanical researcher Elaine Solowey, with the help of the Louis l. Borick Natural Medicine Centre in Jerusalem."When we asked if we could try to grow some of them [seeds], said ' are crazy ' but they gave us three seeds," says the researcher.She was the one who planted the seed, so received, and saw her blossoming for the first time in 2011. Despite being very similar to modern Palm trees, the tree has some unusual leaves. The big difference seems to reside in the length of the third sheet.The aim is to now make the intersection of plant with modern relatives nearby. The young Palm tree was called Metusalah, by means of a biblical story about the oldest person who ever lived.
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