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List of date cultivars

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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 (1975) have reported 400 varieties, while Nixon (1954) named around 250. Most of those are limited to a particular region, and only a few dozen have attained broader commercial importance. The most renowned cultivars worldwide include Deglet Noor, originally of Algeria; Zahidi and Hallawi of Iraq; Medjool of Morocco; Mazafati of Iran.

Most of the information in the following list is from Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization by Al-Khayri et al. (2015).

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Date cultivation in Dar al-Manasir#Date cultivars

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Further reading

Rhouma, Abdelmajid. Le Palmier Dattier en Tunisie: I. Le patrimoine génétique - Volume 2 (in French). Bioversity International. ISBN 978-92-9043-677-5.

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