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'''Phoenix pusilla''' (pusilla, Latin, tiny or weak) or Ceylon is ceylon date palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, endemic . It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), they are found in lowlands, ridges and hills. No taller than It can grows upto 5 m, this tall. This species is usually single-stemmed but clumps do occur naturally.

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%.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=|ml=Eentha, Chitteenthal|sa=Parusakah|ta=Cittintu, இசம Icham|te=|hi=|en=Ceylon Date Palm}}

{{Leaf|Simple|linear 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"/>

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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

* [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_pusilla Phoenix pusillaon pacsoa.org]