Arecaceae
Ceylon date palm
Phoenix pusilla
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Phoenix
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- نخلة قزمية
- Central Kurdish
- دارخورمای کورتیلە
- Chinese
- 錫蘭海枣, 锡兰海枣, 槟榔竹, 锡兰刺葵
- English
- Ceylon date palm, Flour palm
- Malayalam
- ഫീനിക്സ് പുസില
- Polish
- Daktylowiec mąkodajny
- Tamil
- பீனிக்ஸ் புசில்லா தாவரம்
Synonyms
- Phoenix farinifera Roxb.
- Phoenix zeylanica Trimen
- Zelonops pusilla (Gaertn.) Raf.
Photos
Photo: Wiethase Hendrik, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wiethase Hendrik, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wiethase Hendrik, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Muthulingam Udayakumar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Muthulingam Udayakumar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Phoenix
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- Senegal date palmPhoenix reclinataArecaceae
- Dwarf date palmPhoenix roebeleniiArecaceae
- Cretan date palmPhoenix theophrastiArecaceae
- Cliff date palmPhoenix rupicolaArecaceae
- Mangrove date palmPhoenix paludosaArecaceae
- Dwarf date palmPhoenix acaulisArecaceae
- Loureiro's dwarf palmPhoenix loureiroiArecaceae
- Phoenix atlanticaArecaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.