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    Know about the Senegal Date Palm

    By s mNovember 11, 2019Updated:November 11, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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    [php snippet=1]Senegal Date palm has reclining and slender brown trunks and dense crowns of stiff but feathery leaf fronds. Bases of old fronds are medium brown which remains on trunk that forms a showy trunk. The specimen of Senegal date palm reaches 35 feet high having 12 to 20 foot spread and creates a striking tree casting a light shade. It thrives in full sun environments and is a good choice for seaside planting. Senegal Date Palm is a fast grower having proper fertilizer and needs low to moderate water when established.

    Phoenix reclinata is a dense, clumping and dioecious palm having erect or oblique stems usually 8-10 meters high having trunk diameter 15-25 cm. Bark is smooth and black ringed by distinct leaf scars and has a dense mass of roots which arises from lower part. The crown has 15 to 30 dark green to yellow green pinnate leaves. Leaf sheath is fibrous and reddish-brown. Leaves are arcuate, pinnate about 2.5-4.5 meters long and leaflets are sessile and regularly arranged distally in one plane of orientation. Leaflets are dark green, glossy, long and narrow having minutely crenulate margins. Inflorescences are branched and axillary. Staminate flowers are creamy-white. Fruit is ovoid-ellipsoid or obovoid and green that ripens yellow to bright orange about 13–20 × 7–13 mm. Seed is obovoid and 12–14 by 5–6 mm.

    Leaves

    Leaves are pinnate, induplicate measuring 5 meters long having arching rachis that ends in a single leaflet. Leaflets are glossy, narrow and dark green arranged in multiple planes but in a single plane near tip.

    Flowers and fruit

    Inflorescence is orange colored upto 1 meter long and is branched to one order. Staminate is cream colored and pistillate flowers form on different plants. Fruits are ovoid, reddish-brown to scarlet and about 1-2.5 cm long.

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    Culinary uses

    • Roasted seeds are used as a substitute for coffee.
    • Palm wine is relished by people in Natal, Maputaland and South Africa.
    • Flower buds are consumed raw or cooked as vegetable.
    • Palm cabbage is consumed as vegetable.
    • Dried seeds are grounded into flour.

    Other facts

    • Use the fibers of young and unexpanded leaves for making rope, mats, string and baskets.
    • Fibers from crushed stem are used to manufacture brooms and scrubbing brushes.
    • Use the mature leaves to make baskets or roofing material.
    • Also the stems can be used for construction of livestock enclosures, walls, bridges, houses and fencing.
    • Dye can be extracted from leaves.
    • Tannins and gums are extracted from roots.
    • Young leaves are bright green and older leaves are deep green.
    • It propagates by seeds or division of suckers.
    • It is a perennial plant having lifespan of more than 2 years.

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    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=504334#null

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phoenix+reclinata

    http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phoenix+reclinata

    http://www.softschools.com/facts/plants/senegal_date_palm_facts/2653/

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    Name Peach Palm
    Scientific Name Phoenix reclinata
    Native A native of tropical and southern Africa – Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania,Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Common/English Name Coffee Palm, False Date Palm, Dwarf Date-Palm, Feather Palm, Mukindu Palm, Swamp Date-Palm, Senegal Date Palm, Wild Date Palm, Striking palm
    Name in Other Languages Arabic: Wakhale;
    Botswana: Kanchindu, Lunchindu;
    Chinese: Fei Zhou Hai Zao;
    Democratic Republic of Congo: Kanchindu, Lunchindu, Chisonga;
    Eritea: Aguseana;
    Ethiopia: Zembaba, Selen, Aguseana;
    French: Dattier De Marais, Dattier Sauvage, Dattier Du Sénégal, Dattier Nain Du Sénégal;
    German: Senegaldattelpalme;
    Ghana: Mia Drum (Ga), Atahe (Wine);
    Guinea: A-Ngóm (Leaf), Yabà (Cabbage) (Basari);
    Guinea-Bissau: Tara;
    Kenya: Gonyoorriya (Boni), Meti (Digo), Mkindu (Swahili), Gedo (Ilwana), Sosiyot (Kipsigis), Makindu (Kikuyu), Othith (Luo), Ol-Tukai
    (Maasai), Itikindu (Sanya), Konchor (Orma), Alol (Somali), Kigangatehi (Taita), Mhongana (Taveta), Nakadoki (Turkana),
    Mangatche (Kilimanjaro District);
    Madagascar: Dara, Taratra, Taratsy (Malagasy), Calalou (Morondava);
    Malawi: Kanchinda (Nyanja);
    Mozambique: Kanchinda (Nyanja);
    Namibia: Mukapakapa, Chisonga, Nzalu (Lozi);
    Nigeria: Kajinjiri, Dabino Biri, Kabba (Hausa), Deli (Fulani);
    Nyanja: Kanchinda
    Portuguese: Palmeira-Da-Tara;
    Rwanda: Umukindo;
    Senegal: Serké (Balanta), Inib, I-Nib, Iñib, I-Ńib (Basari), Gi-Nyəamèl (Bedik), Tãmbra (Crioulo), Diidioka, Fudak, Fu Duka, Fuduka, Hu Diak, Gi Duka, Hudiak (Diola), Tionkom (The Wine), Tonkom (Wolof);
    Sierra Leone: Shaka-Le (Sherbro), Kundi (Mende);
    Somalia: Alol (Somali);
    South Africa: Datelboom, Wildedadelboom, Kaffer Kofie, Wildedadelpalm (Afrikaans), Makerewa, Shikerewa (Diriko), Kanchinda (Nyanja), Dikindu, Makindu (Mbukushu), Isundu (Zulu);
    Tanzania: Kanchindu, Lunchindu (Bemba), Taratra, Daro, Mkindwi (Swahili), Luchingu (Fipa), Kihangaga (Urukindu);
    Uganda: Otit (Acholi), Musansa (Busoga), Emusogot (Ateso), Tit (Jonam), Ekingol (Karamojong), Itchi (Madi), Tit (Lango), Wild Date
    Palm, Enkinu (Luamba), Mukindu, Lukindu, Musansa (Luganda), Makendu (Lugisu), Muyiti (Lugwe), Lukindu, Mukindu (Lunyoro), Kikindu (Lunyuli), Otit, Tit (Luo), L Lusansa (Lusoga), ukindu, Mukindu (Lutoro), Itchi (Madi);
    Zambia: Kanchindu, Lunchindu (Bemba), Mukapakapa, Chisonga, Nzalu (Lozi), Kanchinda (Nyanja);
    Zimbabwe: Kanchinda (Nyanja)
    Plant Growth Habit Dense, clumping, dioecious
    Plant Size 10 meters tall
    Bark Smooth, black
    Stem Erect or oblique, 8–10 m high
    Leaf Pinnate, arcuate, feather shaped, 2.5–4.5 m long
    Flower White
    Fruit shape & size Ovoid-ellipsoid or almost obovoid, 13–20 × 7–13 mm
    Fruit color Green ripening yellow to bright orange
    Seed Obovoid, 12–14 by 5–6 mm

    Senegal Date Palm Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Phoenix reclinata Jacq.

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae  (Green plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta
    Division Tracheophyta  (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Arecales
    Family Arecaceae
    Genus Phoenix L. (Date palm)
    Species Phoenix reclinata Jacq. (Senegal date palm, reclining date palm)
    Synonyms
    • Fulchironia senegalensis Lesch.
    • Phoenix abyssinica Drude
    • Phoenix baoulensis A. Chev.
    • Phoenix comorensis Becc.
    • Phoenix djalonensis A. Chev.
    • Phoenix dybowskii A. Chev.
    • Phoenix equinoxialis Bojer
    • Phoenix leonensis Lodd. ex Kunth
    • Phoenix reclinata var. comorensis (Becc.) Jum. & H. Perrier
    • Phoenix reclinata var. madagascariensis Becc.
    • Phoenix reclinata var. somalensis Becc.
    • Phoenix spinosa Schumach. & Thonn
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