A: The Medjool and the Zahidi are different varieties (cultivars) of Phoenix dactylifera, better known as the date palm. In other words, they are not the same palms with different names.

Cobb estimates that “each mature date palm needs about 2 acre-inches of water per year to produce a crop of dates, which comes out to 54,300 gallons of water per tree, per year.” (Some farms ...

Dates, the sweet fruit of the date palm tree, have been a staple in Middle Eastern and North African diets for centuries. Packed with natural sugars, fibre, ... When trying to shed pounds, fibre and ...

Zahidi dates are semi-dry, light brown and have a mild, ... Nakhla, the Arabic word for palm tree, dates as far back as 4,000BC in the ancient region of Mesopotamia, ...