Phoenix sylvestris - Wild Date Plum

❏ Binomial Name : Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.

❏ Synonym : Elate sylvestris

❏ Family : Arecaceae

❏ Common Name : Wild Date Plum

❏ Tamil Name : Kattinchu, Eecha maram

❏ Hindi Name : Khajuri

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Phoenix sylvestris Botanical 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. Fl. &Fr.: April-December.

Phoenix sylvestris Medicinal uses

❀The fruit is good in heart complaints, abdominal complaints, fevers, vomiting and loss of consciousness

❀ The juice obtained from the tree is considered to be a cooling beverage

❀ The central tender part of the plant is used in the treatment of gonorrhoea

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