Phoenix dactylifera L.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phoenix dactylifera L.
  • Common name : Date Palm
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kharjurah (Sanskrit)
    • Kajur (Hindi)
    • Kajura (Kannada)
    • Khajuri (Marathi)
  • Habit : Palm
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its fruit
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
  • Native : Arabia and N.Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2011 - Palms of Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phoenix dactylifera. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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