PHOENIX SYLVESTRIS 
PIIOEMX - an old Greek name for the Date Palm 
S Yl VES TR IS— Woodland. 
English names: 
East Indian Wine Palm; 
Wild Date Palm 
Country of origin: India 
A fine, not very tall palm allied to the Date 
Palm, the trunk rough with persistent leaf bases, 
the leaves long and stiff, rather greyish green in 
colour, with short, stiff, sharply pointed pinnae 
radiating in several planes. This palm is grown 
in Malaya only as an ornamental plant, but in 
India it is an important source of sugar, the 
method being to tap the tender apex of the stem 
after the removal of some of the leaves. 
Propagation: by seed 
A. Two pairs of pinnae 
B. young fruits 
C. a fruit 
D. a seed. 
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