Phoenix sylvestris The single-seeded fruit ripens to a purple-red colour. Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored Phoenix sylvestris Phoenix sylvestris ("sylvestris" - Latin, of the forest) also known as silver date palm, Indian date, sugar date palm or wild date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to southern Pakistan, most of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh. It is also reportedly naturalized in Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands. Growing in plains and scrubland up to 1300 m above sea level, the fruit from this palm species is used
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