Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT091 : Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 522

Synonym : Elate sylvestris L.; Elate versicolor Salisb.;

Plant Common Name : Tadi, Sindi, Wild Date Palm, date-sugar palm, Indian wild date, Indian winepalm, silver date palm, sugar date palm, sugar palm • Hindi: khajur, sendhi • Manipuri: thangtup • Marathi: kharik, kharjur, kharjuri, shinda, shindi • Tamil: inthupaanai, kattinchu, Icham • Malayalam: kaattiintha, kaattiinthal, niilanthent • Telugu: ita • Kannada: ichalu, kharjura • Bengali: kharjura, khejura • Oriya: khorjurri • Konkani: khajjur • Urdu: khajur • Assamese: khaajuri • Gujarati: khajuri • Sanskrit: kharjurh, kharjuri, nepali • Nepali: kandela, taadii

Plant Family : Arecaceae

Description : A graceful palm 10-16 m tall with a large crown and rough trunk covered with persistent leaf bases. Leaves 3-4.5 m long, greyish-green, with a few short(to 10 cm) spines at the base; pinnules numerous, linear, 15-45 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide, ending in short points. Flowers small, fragrant, borne in spadices; male flowers white, female greenish. Fruiting spadix about 90 cm long, bearing oblong-ellipsoid berries, 2.5-3.2 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe. Seed approximately 1.7 cm long, deeply grooved with rounded ends. Trunk rough with scars of fallen leaves, Compound leaf with many pointed leaflets, lower pairs reduced to thorns, Inflorescence appears in the axils of compound leaves. Stiff and durable leaves with sharp tips used in fencing; central axis of leaves used to make basket of high quality; leaves are also used in making floor mats. It has gained popularity in recent times as an ornamental tree in urban landscapes. Flowering and fruiting: April-December

Plant Location in Melghat : In Rangubeli, Chaurakund

Medicinal Use / Activity : The fruit is good in heart complaints, abdominal complaints, fevers, vomiting and loss of consciousness. The fruit pounded and mixed with almonds, quince seeds, pistachio nuts and sugar, form a restorative remedy. The juice obtained from the tree is considered to be a cooling beverage. The roots are used to stop toothache. The central tender part of the plant is used in the treatment of gonorrhea. The plant exhibits many pharmacological activities having anti oxidant, anthelmintic, anti-microbial, cytotoxic, erythropioetic, antiDiarrheal, analgesic, diuretic, anti-ulcer, antihypertensive and anti-diabetic properties.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: ascorbic acid; nicotinic acid; cholesterol ; beta-sitosterol; beta-amyrin; quercetin; quercitrin; palmitic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; nicotinamide; nicotinic acid; isoniazide; thiamine;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4):

Beta-sitosterol;

Quercetin;

Palmitic acid;

Ascorbic acid;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Date%20Palm.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230731 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phoenix+sylvestris - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452316X17302107 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268284608 - http://www.mpbd.info/plants/phoenix_sylvestris.php

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Arecidae
Order : Arecales
Family : Arecaceae / Palmae - Palm family
Genus : Phoenix L. - date palm
Species : Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. - wild date palm

Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. - wild date palm
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. - wild date palm
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. - wild date palm