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Phoenix pusilla

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Phoenix pusilla

Phoenix pusilla is ceylon date palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, they are found in lowlands, ridges and hills. It can grows upto 5 m tall. This species is usually single-stemmed but clumps do occur naturally.

Uses

Parts Used

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%.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam Eentha, Chitteenthal
Tamil Cittintu, Icham
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Parusakah
English 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

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
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

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Ovoid Yellow-white Calyx 1-1.5 mm high; petals 4-5 x 2-3 mm ovate, with rounded apices

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple Fruit Ovoid 11-15 x 5-8 mm Ripening from green to red to purple-black {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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