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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 ...
Food for the gods, sometimes known as a date bar or date and walnut bar, is a Filipino pastry dessert similar to the American dessert bar. Dates and walnuts are some of the main ingredients. The food is popular during the Christmas season, when they are wrapped in colored cellophane and sometimes given as gifts.
Here are the top health benefits of dates, including a breakdown of the fruit's nutritional value. Research Shows Dates Could Be the Answer to Better Heart Health Skip to main content
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 ]
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 ...
Ajwa (Arabic: عجوة) 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 Sahara desert.
Khalas (Arabic: خلاص) is a cultivar of the palm date that is widely grown in eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Persian Gulf region and taking up a large percentage of the farmlands in Oman and regarded as the original cultivar in the region. One of the most expensive varieties of Emirati date, [1] it has brown skin. [2] [3]
Mazafati (Persian: مضافتی; [1] or mozafati and Bam date; also called muzati in Balochi) is a cultivar of the palm date.It is a dark, soft, fleshy and sweet date of medium size, about 2.5–4.5 cm (1–2 in) with a relatively high moisture content of between 32 and 35%, varying with the time of harvest and the location of the grow.