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| A tiger looks out from a forest of mangrove date palms in the Sundarbans National Park, in India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Phoenix |
| Species: | P. paludosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoenix paludosa | |
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Phoenix paludosa (paludosa, Latin, swampy), also called the mangrove date palm,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to coastal regions of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra, Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia.[3] They are also known as Sea Dates.[4] The trees grow in clusters, to 5 m high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are 2 to 3 m long and recurved.[5] Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ "Phoenix paludosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix paludosa
- ^ "Mangrove Vegetation".
- ^ Roxburgh, William. 1832. Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 789, Phoenix paludosa
- Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 (page 403)