Mabroom Date
Mabroom date, a variety cultivated in various parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is native to Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah in the west of Saudi Arabia. It is inexpensive and characterized by a reddish color that tends toward black.
Mabroom date palm
Mabroom date palm takes its name from its fruit. It is known as the mabroom palm, and its cultivation is widespread in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah and its surrounding areas. Mabroom, together with other types of dates like mashrook and adi, may come from the same palm tree.
Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah dates
Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah has 270 diverse date varieties, and the Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH), singled out the dates of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah in his hadiths for their merit and urged eating them every morning.
Palms of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah
Date palms of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah hold a special place for Muslims. The Prophet’s Mosque was roofed with palm fronds and supported by palm trunks when it was built. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to deliver sermons while leaning on a palm trunk. The number of palm trees in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Province is about four million, producing around 189,000 t of dates annually.
Sources
Date palms in Saudi Arabia. King Abdulaziz Public Library. 2005.