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The Medjool date (Arabic: تمر المجهول - tamar al-majhūl. Tamar means 'date' and majhūl means 'unknown', from جَهِلَ jahila, 'to not know') [1] [2] also known as Medjoul, Mejhoul or Majhool, is a large, sweet cultivated variety of date (Phoenix dactylifera). It is an important commercial variety constituting some 25% of ...
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. Most of those are limited to a particular region, and only a few dozen have attained broader commercial ...
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 ]
Date palm farming in Rajasthan was started in 2007. [1] Rajasthan grows date palm varieties like Barhee, Khuneji, Khalas, Medjool, Khadravi, Jamli and Sagai. [2] India imports 38% of world's production of Date palm. [3] Rajasthan produced nearly 800 tonnes of date palm from the first harvest in 2015–16. [4]
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
Date palm farming in Rajasthan was started in 2007. [5] Rajasthan grows date palm varieties like Barhee, Khuneji, Khalas, Medjool, Khadravi, Jamli and Sagai. [6] Rajasthan produced nearly 800 tonnes of date palm from the first harvest in 2015–16. [7]
A zahidi date. Zahidi (Arabic: زهدي) is a cultivar of the palm date that originated in Iraq. It has light brown skin. It is a semi-dry date of medium size that is very sweet. Zahidi dates ship well and are widely exported. [1] It is the most widely grown date cultivar in Iraq, with about 6 million planted trees as of 2015.
At the time, dates and walnuts were very luxurious and were considered only for divine consumption. [1] Alternatively, the gods may have referred to the wealthy or those with superiority. Food for the gods has been recorded to be popular in the Philippines since the 1900s and became even more so during the 1930s.