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Phoenix sylvestris - Kharjura

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{{stub}}[[File:Ichalu with fruits.jpg|thumb|right|''Kharjura'', ''Phoenix sylvestris'']]'''Kharjura''', Wild date palm is a very tall, fast-growing, unbranched, single-stemmed palm with recurving, plumose, glaucous fronds, growing 4 - 15 metres tall. Typically, the plant has a swollen base, and retains the leaf bases on the trunk. The plant is sometimes of considerable local economic importance, particularly as a source of sugar
==Uses==
{{Uses|Improves digestion strength}}, {{Uses|Improves strength and immunity}}, {{Uses|Rheumatoid arthritis}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Cough}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruit}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=eechalu, eechala mara|ml=intappana, kharjjuram|sa=kharjura, skandhappala, madhukshir, duraroha|ta=icham ,periaitcham|te=etha chettu, peddaeeta|hi=khajoor, khajri|en=Wild date palm}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|pinnate|Clustered at the top|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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Spadix|Pale yellow|3|fragrant, borne in spadices; male flowers white, female greenish.}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Berry|2.5-3.2 cm long||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}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
 
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
 
===Season to grow===
 
===Soil type===
 
 
===Propagation===
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Ita (Telugu- ఈత) (2427181979).jpg|Leaf
File:Sylvestrisacanthophyll|Spines
File:Wild Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris) female flowers at Narendrapur W IMG 4056.jpg|Flowers
File:Wild Data Palm-Yucatán-fruits-spines.jpg|Fruits
 
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/10/04/khajoor-date-palm-phoenix-sylvestris/Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phoenix+sylvestris]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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