Pygmy date palm is a slow growing date palm and while related to the edible date producing palm it is not the same. I suppose if it makes dates you could try eating them.

Interesting, I was going to ask the same question just now. I really want a date palm that actually produces edible dates, and I was wondering if these did, but so far from my researcy it seems that although the fruit of these is edible, they’re not all that good compared to real dates, so that pretty much rules it out for me… I want the real thang.