Phoenix loureiroi

Syn. Phoenix humilis

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

Dwarf Date Palm (English)
Jhar khajur (Hindi)
Konda ita (Telugu)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous

Family: Arecaceae

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Bark

Short, stout, often solitary or clustered; stem densely covered with persistent leaf bases and old leaf-sheath scars.

Leaves

10 feet long pinnate leaves, with very thin, smooth leaflets, which are persistently folded.

Flower

Male flowers are creamy white, fragrant, 4–5 mm long, borne on a spadix 30 cm long. Female flowers are yellowish-green, round.

Fruit / Seeds

Fleshy, oblong to ellipsoid single-seeded drupe, orange to reddish when immature and becoming black when ripe; seed grooved.

Did you know?

Its three-dimensional, plumose fronds feature irregularly angled leaflets, potentially helping the palm withstand strong mountain winds and torrential monsoons.

Distribution

Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Philippines.