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| A tiger looks out from a forest of mangrove date palms in the Sundarbans National Park, in India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Phoenix |
| Species: | P. paludosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoenix paludosa Roxb. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phoenix paludosa (paludosa, Latin, swampy), also called the mangrove date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to coastal regions of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra, Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia. They are also known as sea dates. The trees grow in clusters, to 5 m high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are 2 to 3 m long and recurved. Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.
References
- "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- "Phoenix paludosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix paludosa
- "Mangrove Vegetation".
- Roxburgh, William. 1832. Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 789, Phoenix paludosa
- Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 (page 403)
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