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| phoenix sylvestris (small) |
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| phoenix sylvestris (grey green leaves) |
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| phoenix sylvestris ( silver bluish- green leaves) |
Common names : Sylvester or Silver Date Palm, India Date Palm, wild date palm.
Family : Arecaceae
Genus : Phoenix
Synonyms : Elate sylvestris, Elate versicolor
Sylvester Date Palm is native to India and southern Pakistan. Grows up to 15 m in height. It is a cold hardy flowering palm plant, and can grow indoors. Its fruit have a sweet taste and is used to make wine and jelly. Sylvester Date Palm has very similar characteristics to Phoenix dactylifera (true date palm). Its leaves are plumose type ( feathered) and more stiff than Phonix canariensis.