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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 ...
The most renowned cultivars worldwide include Deglet Noor, originally of Algeria; Zahidi and Hallawi of Iraq; Medjool of Morocco; Mazafati of Iran. [3] Most of the information in the following list is from Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization by Al-Khayri et al. (2015). [4] [5]
Date palms can take 4 to 8 years after planting before they will bear fruit, and start producing viable yields for commercial harvest between 7 and 10 years. Mature date palms can produce 70–140 kilograms (150–300 pounds) [21] [22] of dates per harvest season. They do not all ripen at the same time so several harvests are required.
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]
Date palm farming in Afghanistan is less than 10 years old, although it existed since ancient time. [1] It has the potential to become huge again in the future because the country now has around 40 million people who all consume the fruit, [2] especially during the month of Ramadan. The country currently imports nearly all date products from ...
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]