Khajur / Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera
- Habit
- Palm
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- August-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phoenix dactylifera
- Genus
- Phoenix
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Arabia and N.Africa
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The leaves are 4–6 m (13–20 ft) long, with spines on the petiole, and pinnate, with about 150 leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Khajur itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- खजूर khajur, ख़जूर
- Nepali
- छोकडाको बोट
- Bengali
- খেজুর, খেজুর গাছ
- Tamil
- பேரீச்சை
- Telugu
- ఖర్జూరం, ఖర్జూరాలు
- Kannada
- ಖರ್ಜೂರದ ಹಣ್ಣು
- Malayalam
- ഈന്തപ്പന, ഈന്ത, ഈതപ്പന
- Marathi
- खजुरी, खजूर, खजुर
About Khajur
Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and 9 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship and turns up in ritual and festival use.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Khajur belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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