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| A tiger looks out from a forest of mangrove date palms in the Sundarbans National Park, in India | |
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/PhoenixP. paludosa
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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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ↑ [{{#property:P1421|}} "{{#Property:P225}}"]. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
{{citation}}: Check|url=value (help) - ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix paludosa
- ↑ "Mangrove Vegetation".
- ↑ 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)