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The glycemic index (GI) for different varieties of the date palm fruit is in the range of 38-71, with 53 on average, [36] [38] indicating dates are a relatively low GI food source. [39] The glycemic load (GL) value of date palm fruits, calculated for a serving size of three fruits (weighting 27 grams) is 9 on average, indicating that dates have ...
Jujube (UK / ˈ dʒ uː dʒ uː b /; US / ˈ dʒ u dʒ u b / or / ˈ dʒ u dʒ ə b iː / [5]), sometimes jujuba, scientific name Ziziphus jujuba, and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, [6] is a species in the genus Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. It is often confused with the closely related Indian jujube, Z ...
A large number of date cultivars and varieties emerged through history of its cultivation, but the exact number is difficult to assess. Hussain and El-Zeid [1] (1975) have reported 400 varieties, while Nixon [2] (1954) named around 250.
Dates are a stone fruit that grows on trees called date palms. While they can be eaten fresh, they are traditionally eaten dried, which concentrates the fruit’s sugars.
Palm tree in an Oasis in Kebili, Tunisia Deglet Nour dates. Deglet Nour, also spelled Deglet Noor (Modern Arabic: دقلة نور; from Classical Arabic دقْلَة النُور daqlatu (a)n-nūr, literally, "date-palm of light", "heavenly date"; from Classical Arabic دقل daqal, a kind of date palm), is a cultivar of the date palm that originated in the oasis of Tolga in Algeria.
Date or dates may refer to: Date (fruit), the fruit of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Jujube, also known as red date or Chinese date, the fruit of Ziziphus jujuba;
Dry dates are washed, moistened in water and offered in-between and following the two daily meals. Date fruits constitute the traditional substitute for sugar and are consumed with tea. The Manasir kitchen also uses dates for the following dishes: Madidah Balah (مديدة بلح) is a date pudding. The dates are boiled until they thicken and ...
Phoenix sylvestris ranges from 4 to 15 m in height and 40 cm in diameter; not as large as the Canary Island Date Palm, but nearly so, and resembling it. The leaves are 3 m long, gently recurved, on 1 m petioles with acanthophylls near the base. The leaf crown grows to 10 m wide and 7.5 to 10 m tall containing up to 100 leaves.