Mazhar Botanic Garden

Phoenix reclinata Jacq

African Wild date Palm Senegal date Palm.

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000043
Common name: African Wild date Palm, Senegal date Palm.
Arabic name: فيونيكس ركليناتا
Native: Senegal to Somalia and south Africa
Country: Senegal Somalia South Africa
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Clumping, dioecious palm producing a number of stems up to 7-15 m tall, 25-30 cm in diameter leaves: pinnate and recurved, growing 25 to 45  male flowers pale yellow, female yellow-green fruit orange in color 25 cm in diameter

Ornamental palm.

Phoenix spinosa Schumach & Thonn

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Mid Spring
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.6-7.5
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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