diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/entities/gaia/flora_tree_date_palm.xml b/binaries/data/mods/official/entities/gaia/flora_tree_date_palm.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
+
+<Entity Parent="template_gaia_flora_tree">
+	<Traits>
+	
+		<Id>
+			<Internal_Only />
+
+			<Specific>Date Palm</Specific>
+ 
+			<Classes>Palm Tree</Classes>
+
+			<History>The Date Palm is found all over the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. Their fruit, the date, is an important food crop in ancient and modern times.</History>
+
+		</Id>
+
+	</Traits>
+ 
+ 	<Actor>flora/trees/palm_date.xml</Actor>
+ 
+</Entity>
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