As recorded for Khajur
Phoenix dactylifera
Khajur / Date Palm खजूर
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Palm
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- August-October
Khajur in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | खजूर · ख़जूर | khajur |
| Nepali | छोकडाको बोट | Not recorded |
| Bengali | খেজুর · খেজুর গাছ | Not recorded |
| Tamil | பேரீச்சை | Not recorded |
| Telugu | ఖర్జూరం · ఖర్జూరాలు | Not recorded |
| Kannada | ಖರ್ಜೂರದ ಹಣ್ಣು | Not recorded |
| Malayalam | ഈന്തപ്പന · ഈന്ത · ഈതപ്പന | Not recorded |
| Marathi | खजुरी · खजूर · खजुर | Not recorded |
See the original recorded 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
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Arabian Pen. to S. Pakistan.
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- Rajasthan →West Bengal →Tamil Nadu →
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How to identify Khajur
Identify Khajur by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a palm habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for edible dates.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Khajur.
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
Characters marked “recorded” are for Khajur itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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.
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