Editing Medjool (section)

== Landrace ==

{{see also|List of date cultivars}}

The Medjool cultivar originates from the [[Tafilalt]] region of [[Morocco]], where it is still grown.<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 Publishers |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 |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425143806/https://books.google.com/books?id=b9EJAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside Morocco, it is grown in the United States,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hodel |first1=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 |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425143806/https://books.google.com/books?id=R0XjojWqfqcC&pg=PA10 |url-status=live }}</ref> Israel,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905543989 |title=Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe |publisher=Springer Netherlands |editor1-first=Jameel M. |editor1-last=Al-Khayri |editor2-first=S. Mohan |editor2-last=Jain |editor3-first=Dennis Victor |editor3-last=Johnson |year=2015 |isbn=978-94-017-9707-8 |location=Dordrecht |pages=423–440 |oclc=905543989}}</ref> Palestine,<ref>{{cite book |author=Abu-Qaoud H|chapter=Date Palm Status and Perspective in Palestine|title=Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization|publisher=Springer|location=Dordrecht |veditors=Al-Khayri J, Jain S, Johnson D|access-date=2023-05-30|url= https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-9707-8_13|date=2015}}</ref> Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and [[Jordan]]. The variety is planted both for its fruit 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 |archive-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331115916/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15282847 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Medjool Date Palm|url=http://www.medjool-date-palms.com/html/medjool-date-palm.html|accessdate=25 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118062210/http://www.medjool-date-palms.com/html/medjool-date-palm.html|url-status=live}}</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= Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science|date=2006 |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=403–407 |doi=10.21273/JASHS.131.3.403 |s2cid=85976366 |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> Being large, soft, and with a "caramel, honey" flavor, the variety has been called "the king of dates".<ref>{{cite web |title=Medjool Dates |url=https://www.themedjooldatecompany.co.uk/product/medjool-dates/ |publisher=The Medjool Date Co. |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>