Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
| Kannada Name : | Ichalu, Kharjura |
| Common Name : | WIld date palm |
| Family Name : | Arecaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Phoenix sylvestris |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | March - May |
| Fruiting Period : | September - October |
| Origin : | Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh |
Uses
The fruit is useful in the treatment of heart complaints, abdominal complaints, fevers, vomiting and loss of consciousness. The fruit pounded and mixed with almonds, quince seeds, pistachio nuts and sugar, forms a restorative remedy.
Description
Medium sized, dioecious, soliatry tree palm, 10‐16 m tall, with persistent leaf bases. Leaves pinnate, greyish-green, short spines at the base; leaflets numerous, alternate, opposite or fascicled, in several planes, linear, glabrous, apex almost sharply pointed. inflorescence a spadix. Male flowers white, fragrant. Female flowers greenish or creamy-white. Fruit a berry, oblong-ellisoid, 2.5-3.2 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe. Seed 1, deeply grooved.
