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[[File:Date Fruits-Duo.jpg|thumb|A Mejhoul date (left) compared to a dried Khadrawi [[cultivar]] date]]
[[File:Date Fruits-Duo.jpg|thumb|A Mejhoul date (left) compared to a dried Khadrawi [[cultivar]] date]]
The '''Majhūl date''' ({{Lang-ar|تمر المجهول|links=no}} - '''tamar al-majhūl''', literally, ''unknown'', from [[wikt:جهل#Etymology_1|جَهِلَ]], ''to not know'') also known as '''''Medjool, Medjoul,''''' or '''''Majhool''''', is a large, sweet [[Cultivar|cultivated variety]] of [[Date (fruit)|date]] (''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]'') from the [[Tafilalt]] region of [[Morocco]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Onstad | first=D. | title=Whole foods companion: a guide for adventurous cooks, curious shoppers, and lovers of natural foods | publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. | series=A Politics of the Living Book Series | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-931498-68-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9EJAQAAMAAJ | access-date=January 26, 2018 | page=46}}</ref> also grown in the [[United States]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Hodel | first=D.R. | last2=Johnson | first2=D.V. | title=Imported and American Varieties of Dates (Phoenix Dactylifera) in the United States | publisher=University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources | series=Publication (University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)) | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-879906-78-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0XjojWqfqcC&pg=PA10 | access-date=January 26, 2018 | page=10}}</ref> [[Israel]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905543989 |title=Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe |date=2015 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |others=Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain, Dennis Victor Johnson |year=2015 |isbn=978-94-017-9707-8 |location=Dordrecht |pages=423-440 |oclc=905543989}}</ref> [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[South Africa]],and [[Jordan]]. The variety is planted both for harvesting and for landscaping.<ref name=NPRmedjool>{{cite web |author=Russo, Susan |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847 |title=Medjool: A Date to Remember |date=17 October 2007 |publisher=NPR |accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Medjool Date Palm|url=http://www.medjool-date-palms.com/html/medjool-date-palm.html|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref> The Medjool is a distinct [[landrace]], described as producing "large soft fruit, with orange-yellowish flesh, and a mildly rich and pleasing flavor."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Elhoumaizi |first1=Mohammed Aziz |display-authors=etal |title=Confirmation of 'Medjool' Date as a Landrace Variety through Genetic Analysis of 'Medjool' Accessions in Morocco |journal=J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. |date=2006 |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=403–407 |url=http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/131/3/403.full.pdf |access-date=2018-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222204359/http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/131/3/403.full.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Israel currently holds more than 60 percent of the global Mejhoul market share, making it the largest exporter of Mejhoul dates in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medjool Dates From Israel Wastewater Proving Favorite of Foodies|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-20/medjool-dates-from-israel-wastewater-proving-favorite-of-foodies|accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>
The '''Majhūl date''' ({{Lang-ar|تمر المجهول|links=no}} - '''tamar al-majhūl''', literally, ''unknown'', from [[wikt:جهل#Etymology_1|جَهِلَ]], ''to not know'') also known as '''''Medjool, Medjoul,''''' or '''''Majhool''''', is a large, sweet [[Cultivar|cultivated variety]] of [[Date (fruit)|date]] (''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]'') from the [[Tafilalt]] region of [[Morocco]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Onstad | first=D. | title=Whole foods companion: a guide for adventurous cooks, curious shoppers, and lovers of natural foods | publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. | series=A Politics of the Living Book Series | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-931498-68-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9EJAQAAMAAJ | access-date=January 26, 2018 | page=46}}</ref> also grown in the [[United States]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Hodel | first=D.R. | last2=Johnson | first2=D.V. | title=Imported and American Varieties of Dates (Phoenix Dactylifera) in the United States | publisher=University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources | series=Publication (University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)) | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-879906-78-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0XjojWqfqcC&pg=PA10 | access-date=January 26, 2018 | page=10}}</ref> [[Israel]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905543989 |title=Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe |date=2015 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |others=Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain, Dennis Victor Johnson |year=2015 |isbn=978-94-017-9707-8 |location=Dordrecht |pages=423-440 |oclc=905543989}}</ref> [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[South Africa]],and [[Jordan]]. The variety is planted both for harvesting and for landscaping.<ref name=NPRmedjool>{{cite web |author=Russo, Susan |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847 |title=Medjool: A Date to Remember |date=17 October 2007 |publisher=NPR |accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Medjool Date Palm|url=http://www.medjool-date-palms.com/html/medjool-date-palm.html|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref> The Medjool is a distinct [[landrace]], described as producing "large soft fruit, with orange-yellowish flesh, and a mildly rich and pleasing flavor."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Elhoumaizi |first1=Mohammed Aziz |display-authors=etal |title=Confirmation of 'Medjool' Date as a Landrace Variety through Genetic Analysis of 'Medjool' Accessions in Morocco |journal=J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. |date=2006 |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=403–407 |url=http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/131/3/403.full.pdf |access-date=2018-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222204359/http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/131/3/403.full.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Israel currently holds more than 60 percent of the global Mejhoul market share, making it the largest exporter of Mejhoul dates in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Medjool Dates From Israel Wastewater Proving Favorite of Foodies|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-20/medjool-dates-from-israel-wastewater-proving-favorite-of-foodies|accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>

Medjool dates are high in [[oxalate]]s (18.47-233.35 mg/100 g DW).<ref name="pmid34105667">{{cite journal| author=Alahyane A, Harrak H, Elateri I, Ayour J, Ait-Oubahou A, Benichou M | display-authors=etal| title=Evaluation of some nutritional quality criteria of seventeen Moroccan dates varieties and clones, fruits of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). | journal=Braz J Biol | year= 2021 | volume= 82 | issue= | pages= e236471 | pmid=34105667 | doi=10.1590/1519-6984.236471 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=34105667 }} </ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 22:09, 20 February 2023

Mejhoul
GenusPhoenix
SpeciesPhoenix dactylifera
OriginTafilalt, Morocco
A Mejhoul date (left) compared to a dried Khadrawi cultivar date

The Majhūl date (Arabic: تمر المجهول - tamar al-majhūl, literally, unknown, from جَهِلَ, to not know) also known as Medjool, Medjoul, or Majhool, is a large, sweet cultivated variety of date (Phoenix dactylifera) from the Tafilalt region of Morocco,[1] also grown in the United States,[2] Israel, Palestine,[3] Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,and Jordan. The variety is planted both for harvesting and for landscaping.[4][5] The Medjool is a distinct landrace, described as producing "large soft fruit, with orange-yellowish flesh, and a mildly rich and pleasing flavor."[6] Israel currently holds more than 60 percent of the global Mejhoul market share, making it the largest exporter of Mejhoul dates in the world.[7]

Medjool dates are high in oxalates (18.47-233.35 mg/100 g DW).[8]

See also

  • Jujube, also called the "red date" or "Chinese date"

References

  1. ^ Onstad, D. (2004). Whole foods companion: a guide for adventurous cooks, curious shoppers, and lovers of natural foods. A Politics of the Living Book Series. Chelsea Green Pub. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-931498-68-5. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Hodel, D.R.; Johnson, D.V. (2007). Imported and American Varieties of Dates (Phoenix Dactylifera) in the United States. Publication (University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)). University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-879906-78-5. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe. Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain, Dennis Victor Johnson. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 2015. pp. 423–440. ISBN 978-94-017-9707-8. OCLC 905543989.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Russo, Susan (17 October 2007). "Medjool: A Date to Remember". NPR. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Medjool Date Palm". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ^ Elhoumaizi, Mohammed Aziz; et al. (2006). "Confirmation of 'Medjool' Date as a Landrace Variety through Genetic Analysis of 'Medjool' Accessions in Morocco" (PDF). J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 131 (3): 403–407. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  7. ^ "Medjool Dates From Israel Wastewater Proving Favorite of Foodies". Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. ^ Alahyane A, Harrak H, Elateri I, Ayour J, Ait-Oubahou A, Benichou M; et al. (2021). "Evaluation of some nutritional quality criteria of seventeen Moroccan dates varieties and clones, fruits of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)". Braz J Biol. 82: e236471. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.236471. PMID 34105667.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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