Phoenix sylvestris

Name and publication

Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb., Fl. ind. Ed. 1832. 3: 787 (1832).

Description

Strips of the foliage of the Indian date or wild date palm are woven into flowers and fans of varying intricacy or bundled together into rolls, 7-10 cm long x ca. 2 cm wide.

Nativity and distribution

Phoenix sylvestris is native to India and Nepal but cultivated elsewhere.

Family

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Synonymy

Elate sylvestris L.