Phoenix sylvestris
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Phoenix sylvestris |
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Phoenix sylvestris View in CoL (L.) Roxb.
Diagnostic characters. Stems solitary, erect, 14–20 m tall tree, rarely branched; trunk with old petioles, 30– 35 cm in diameter. Leaf pinnate, 2–3.5 m long; acantho- phylls 10 cm long; leaflets 30–40 cm long, linear, entire, tip sharp and arrange in two planes. Staminate inflores- cence erect; rachis ca 14 cm long; rachillae 9–13 cm long; flowers creamy white, ca 8 mm long. Pistillate inflores- cence 50–90 cm long; rachillae 32–36 cm long; flowers green, ca 6 mm long. Fruits ellipsoid, yellow 2.5–3 cm long.
Flowering and fruiting. December to February and May to June, respectively.
Distribution. Throughout Assam.
Vernacular names. Khejur (Assamese).
Uses. Food (fruit), fire woods (leaf).
Material examined. INDIA • Assam, Tezpur (Darrang); 23 May 1948; G. K. Deka leg.; ASSAM 37686 . • Assam, Darrang, Baihata ; 26°20′49″N, 091°46′59″E; alt. 27 m; 19 May 2019; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96246 View Materials .
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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