Arecaceae
Wild date palm
Phoenix sylvestris
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Phoenix
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- نخلة حرجية, نخل بري
- arz
- نخله حرجيه
- azb
- مئشه فینیک پالماسی
- Azerbaijani
- Meşə finiki
- Cantonese
- 銀海棗
- Central Kurdish
- دارخورمای گۆجەیی
- Chinese
- 銀海棗, 银海枣, 林刺葵
- Croatian
- Šumska datulja
- Czech
- Datlovník lesní
- English
- Wild date palm, Sugar date palm, Date-sugar palm, East Indian wine palm, India date palm, Indian date
- German
- Silber-Dattelpalme, Walddattelpalme
- Hindi
- खजूर, सेंधी
- Japanese
- サトウナツメヤシ
- Kannada
- ಫೀನಿಕ್ಸ್ ಸಿಲ್ವೆಸ್ಟ್ರಿಸ್
- Lithuanian
- Indinis finikas
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടീന്ത, കാട്ടീന്തൽ, നിലന്തെങ്ങ്
- Marathi
- शिंदी
- Polish
- Daktylowiec leśny, Daktylowa palma leśna
- Tamil
- ஈச்ச மரம்
- Telugu
- ఈత చెట్టు, ఈత
- Thai
- อินทผลัมไทย
Synonyms
- Elate sylvestris L.
- Elate versicolor Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- January (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pakshya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tarun Meena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Haneesh K M., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hopeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Cliff date palmPhoenix rupicolaArecaceae
- Mangrove date palmPhoenix paludosaArecaceae
- Dwarf date palmPhoenix acaulisArecaceae
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- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.