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Khalas (date)

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Date palm cultivar

Khalas
Khalas dates prior to harvesting
Genus	Phoenix
Species	Phoenix dactylifera
Origin	Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Oman

Khalas (Arabic:خلاص) is acultivar of the palmdate that is widely grown in easternSaudi Arabia, theUnited Arab Emirates and thePersian Gulf region and taking up a large percentage of the farmlands inOman and regarded as the original cultivar in the region. One of the most expensive varieties of Emirati date,^[1] it has brown skin.^[2]^[3]

In the Emirates, a major producer of dates globally, researchers have converted khalas date seeds into biofuel. Some million tonnes per annum of date seeds are produced from the UAE's 40 million palms, 10 per cent of which can be extracted as oils. It has been estimated this could create up to 100,000 tonnes of oil for conversion into biofuel.^[4] The UAE is the seventh major date producing country in the world, comprising 6% of the world's total date production, with Liwa in the country's western region being a major source of production.^[5]

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^Gulf News."Most expensive dates in UAE and world".www.zawya.com. Retrieved2024-01-10.
^Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Jain, Shri Mohan; Johnson, Dennis V., eds. (2015).Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization. Vol. 2. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9707-8.ISBN 978-94-017-9706-1.
^Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Jain, Shri Mohan; Johnson, Dennis V., eds. (2015).Date Palm Genetic Resources and Utilization. Vol. 1. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9694-1.ISBN 978-94-017-9693-4.
^Nasir, Sarwat (2020-12-27)."UAE researchers produce biofuel from date seeds".The National. Retrieved2024-01-10.
^"Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations".www.fao.org. Retrieved2024-01-10.