✿Arecaceae · Phoenix
Jhar Khajur / Spiny Date Palm
Phoenix loureiroi
outdoor
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phoenix loureiroi
- Genus
- Phoenix
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhar 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
- झाड़ खजूर Jhar khajur
- Manipuri
- ꯊꯡꯇꯨꯞ ꯑꯅꯦꯝꯕꯥ Thangtoop anemba
- Nepali
- खजुर Khajur, थाकल Thaakal
- Tamil
- Inji Malai Icham
- Telugu
- Konda ita
- Odia
- Kojiri
About Jhar Khajur
Spiny Date Palm (Phoenix loureiroi) is a species in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 13 other states.
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Jhar Khajur belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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