Phoenix paludosa
A tiger looks out from a forest of mangrove date palms in the Sundarbans National Park, in India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Phoenix
Species:
P. paludosa
Binomial name
Phoenix paludosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Phoenix andamanensis W.T.Mill., J.G.Sm. & N.Taylor bis
  • Phoenix siamensis Miq.
In Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Phoenix paludosa (paludosa, Latin, swampy), also called the mangrove date palm,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to coastal regions of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra, Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia.[3] They are also known as Sea Dates.[4] The trees grow in clusters, to 5 m high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are 2 to 3 m long and recurved.[5] Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ↑ "Phoenix paludosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix paludosa
  4. ↑ "Mangrove Vegetation".
  5. ↑ Roxburgh, William. 1832. Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 789, Phoenix paludosa
  • Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 (page 403)


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