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
Ceratocystis paradoxa the plant. If the pathogen infects the plant while fruits are still on it, they will prematurely drop. Other symptoms include discoloration of leaves as well as the seeds. The lesions on the fruit evolve to become soft rot spots that produce a heinous odor. The fruit can even get to the point of breakdown. Known Hosts: "Ananas comosus" (pineapple) "Araceae" "Areca catechu" (betelnut palm) "Borassus flabellifer" (toddy palm) "Butia capitata" "Cocos nucifera" (coconut) "Coffea" (coffee) "Daucus carota" (carrot) "Dypsis decaryi" "Elaeis guineensis" (African oil palm) "Eucalyptus" "Howea forsteriana" (paradise palm) "Mangifera indica" (mango) "Musa x paradisiaca" (plantain) "Phoenix dactylifera"