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Phoenix pusilla

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{{stub}}[[File:Phoenix pusilla, small.JPG|thumb|right|'''Phoenix pusilla''']]Phoenix pusilla (pusilla, Latin, tiny or weak) or Ceylon date palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), they are found in lowlands, ridges and hills. No taller than 5 m, this species is usually single-stemmed but clumps do occur naturally.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Bladder stones}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Rectal prolapses}}, {{Uses|Urinary tract infections}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Cough}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootFruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Moisture, 66.7%; total soluble solids, 18.42%; sugars, 18.42 (mostly reducing)%; vitamin C, 9.42 mg per hundred g; pectin, 0.51%; protein, 1.12%; ash, 3.261%; phosphorus, 0.042%; potassium,. 0.549%; calcium, 0.139% magnesium, 0.006% and iron, 0.007%.
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=|ksml=Eentha, Chitteenthal|mlsa=Parusakah|mrta=Cittintu, இசம Icham|pate=|tahi=|teen=Ceylon Date Palm}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|linear in outline|Leaves are up to 3 m long; pseudoleaf-stalk up to 70 cm long x 1.5-3 cm wide at base, rounded abaxially; leaf bases persistent, vertically orientated on trunk, about 8 cm wide at base.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Ovoid|Yellow-white||Calyx 1-1.5 mm high; petals 4-5 x 2-3 mm ovate, with rounded apices}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|Ovoid|11-15 x 5-8 mm||Ripening from green to red to purple-black|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the drier, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 700 metres. Plants can tolerate some frost.
Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil. Tolerant of some salt in the soil.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Garden area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Phoenix pusilla, branch.JPGFile:Phoenix pusilla, large.JPGFile:Phoenix pusilla-Fruit.jpgFile:¿ Phoenix pusilla ? (2139889195).jpg
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==References==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/parmar/15.html#:~:text=Chemical%20composition%20of%20the%20fruit&text=Moisture%2C%2066.7%25%3B%20total%20soluble,%25%20and%20iron%2C%200.007%25. Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["Ceylon%20Date%20Palm.html Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<http://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Ctropical.Ptheferns.Khareinfo/viewtropical.php?id=Phoenix+pusilla Cultivation Details]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ http://www.pacsoa.org.au/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_pusilla Phoenix pusilla]* [ ]* [ ]
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