SHAFAQNA: A sweet fruit which is common in North Africa and West Asia, is called Date and it grows on a date palm.
There are different kinds of dates such as Piarom, Mazafati, Gantar, Estemaran, Zahedi, Barhi, etc., which grow in southern regions of Iran. This sweet fruit has many health benefits including strengthening of bones, treatment of intestine diseases, anaemia treatment, allergy treatment, increasing energy, keeping nervous system and heart healthy, diarrhoea treatment, preventing from stomach cancer, etc. Harvest time of dates is between the end days of June and September.
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