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Phoenix sylvestris
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 787. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 425. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1559(1088). 1931; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 329. 1988; Barrow, Kew Bull. 53: 541. 1998.
Elate sylvestris L., Sp. Pl. 1189. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattinta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Date sugar palm, Wild date palm, Silvester Palm
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Description:
A graceful palm 10-16 m tall with a large crown and rough trunk covered with persistent leaf bases. Leaves 3-4.5 m long, greyish-green, with a few short(to 10 cm) spines at the base; pinnules numerous, linear, 15-45 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide, ending in short points. Flowers small, fragrant, borne in spadices; male flowers white, female greenish. Fruiting spadix about 90 cm long, bearing oblong-ellipsoid berries, 2.5-3.2 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe. Seed approximately 1.7 cm long, deeply grooved with rounded ends.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along bunds of paddy fields and grasslands
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, India, Himalaya and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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