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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 ...
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.
A trading company named Zaytoun Limited was established in 2004, and converted to a community interest company in 2008. [1] Zaytoun is supported by UK charity War on Want, amongst others. [2] They were awarded Fairtrade certification for their olive oil in 2009. [2] In 2020, the company had net assets of £347,000, mostly in stocks of goods. [3]
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 ]
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 ...
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 from other ...
Date honey is also used as a sauce for stuffed vegetables, such as onions and turnips, and as an ingredient in a semolina cake called basbousa, which gives the cake a honey-like taste. Bangladesh produces around 20,000 tonnes of date molasses in each year. [11] The Kalkini Upazila region of Bangladesh is famous for its date juice and date molasses.
Fard or fardh (Arabic: فرض) is a cultivar of the palm date that is widely grown in Oman. It has black skin and small seeds. It has black skin and small seeds. Fard dates ship well and do not tend to developed wrinkled skin.