Scientific Name : Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A large tree with stems 2.5-6.5 m high, rarely much shorter. Leaves : Rather short, leaflets vary, quadrifariously inserted, equidistant, linear-lanceolate, pungent, coriaceous concave, spreading at right angles, bright green. Inflorescence and Flowers : Spadix. Spathes 20-35 cm long, keel furfuraceous. Peduncle stout, rachis flattened, branches of male 10-15 cm long, of female longer. Male flowers with stamens 6, anthers subsessile, linear, female spadix long peduncled, peduncle 2.5cm broad, flattened, braches 15-25 cm long, divergent in fruit. Female flowers scattered, globose, calyx cup-shaped, petals orbicular. Fruits : Obovoid-oblong, apiculate, red, at length violet-blue, seed nearly as long with the groove dilating into a canal of various forms. Flowering and Fruiting Time : January - March Significance : Cultivated for its edible fruits.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
शिंदी, खारीक, Date Sugar Palm, Indian Wild Date
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Synonym(s):
Elate versicolor Salisb. Elate sylvestris L.
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Family:
Arecaceae
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Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa) -
Created On:
28-08-2022
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Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
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