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Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, [2] is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa , the Middle East , the Horn of Africa , Australia , South Asia , and California . [ 3 ]
Palm fruit juice or Tal er Rosh, (Bengali: তালের রস) is sweet sap extracted from the fruit of palm trees in summer. It contains vitamins A, B, C, and the elements zinc, calcium, potassium, and iron. It also contains antioxidants. [1] This is a symbolic and well-known food in Bengal in the summer.
Ajwa (Arabic: عَجْوَه) is a cultivar of the palm date widely grown in Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is oval-shaped and medium-sized with black skin. Ajwa plantations surround Medina and thousands of tons are exported from them annually. [1] However, it is not exclusive to Medina and is grown elsewhere on the Arabian peninsula and in the ...
Deglet Nour, also spelled Deglet Noor, [a] is a cultivar of the date palm that originated in the oasis of Tolga in Algeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Commonly referred to as the "queen of all dates", [ 3 ] the authentic Algerian [ 4 ] Deglet Nour date has a soft touch, a translucent light color and a honey -like taste, characteristics which distinguish it ...
The variety is planted both for its fruit and for landscaping. [7] [8] The medjool is a distinct landrace, described as producing "large soft fruit, with orange-yellowish flesh, and a mildly rich and pleasing flavor". [9] Being large, soft, and with a "caramel, honey" flavor, the variety has been called "the king of dates". [10]
The fruit is an edible 1 cm drupe resembling a small, thin-fleshed date. [5] This Palm produces strong, spiny thorns approx. 2-4" in length. The size of the thorns depends on the age of the tree. These thorns are located on the Palm Leaf stem close to the trunk and can extend 6-12". The thorns are very sharp and easily penetrate the skin.
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
Additional fillings are added and boiled together in this hot sweet liquid. Popular kolak contents including sliced banana, diced sweet potato, ground sweet potato balls, diced pumpkin, jackfruit, and aren palm fruit locally known as kolang-kaling. [2] Traditionally kolak served warm right after it was cooked and ready, or at room temperature.