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Chromosomes Number Of Plants In Quran

Chromosomes Number Of Plants In Quran
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Sunday, September 15, 2024


Did you know Quran mentions not only animals chromosomes but also chromosomes of plants . 

If you want to read chromosomes of animals coded in Quran you can read here 

But in this article we are going to decode chromosomes of plants mentioned in Quran. Quran mentions chromosomes of plants in very simple way the count of letters before the mentioned of that plant is equal to chromosomes number of that plant . Chromosomes of animals are also mentioned in very same way . 

Note: There are multiple variety of one plant and each have different chromosomes. Quran is referring to that specific Variety Whose chromosomes are coded in the verse. 

Here is list of plants whose chromosomes are Encoded in Quran: 

  1. Pomegranate 
  2. Ginger
  3. Pumpkin
  4. Grapes 
  5. Dates 

Pomegranate Chromosomes 

The total number of chromosomes in pomegranates are different according to different verities. However we will take that pomegranate Chromosomes which are encoded in Quran .



In Quran 55:65 There are 18 letters in complete verse till the word Pomegranate Is mentioned which is equal to 18 chromosomes of one of Variety of pomegranate . 

Ginger Chromosomes 

In similar way in Quran 76:17 there are 30 letters till the word ginger is mentioned in complete verse which is equal to 30 chromosomes of white big ginger. 


Chromosome number of giant ginger and small ginger are 2n = 2x = 30.

Pumpkin Chromosomes 

In Quran 37:146 There are total 22 letters in verse till the word pumpkin is mentioned. The word pumpkin in Arabic reads as yaqteen which means a pumpkin. There are total 22 chromosomes in pumpkin


The results revealed diploid chromosome number of a pumpkin is 2n = 22. 

Grapes Chromosomes 

In Quran 18:32 there are 40 letters till the word grape is mentioned which is equal to 40 chromosomes in grapes. The grapes are called enaab in Arabic. 


Muscadines grapes have chromosomes number of (2n = 40) belong to the Muscadinia subgenus of Vitis, The muscadine berry color locus was mapped to a 0.8 Mbp region syntenic with chromosome 4 of Vitis vinifera.

Dates Chromosomes 


In Quran 2:226  There are 26 letters till the word date is mentioned and there are 26 chromosomes in a veriety of dates like Moroccon dates etc. Nakheel in Arabic means dates . 


chromosome number of 2n=26 was observed in two Moroccan date palm cultivars in the in vitro generated plantlets.