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Internal ID UUID643fe71f9f211869918949
Scientific name Phoenix pusilla
Authority Gaertn.
First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 24 (1788)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Phoenix farinifera Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1(3): 53, t. 74. 1796 [Aug 1796]
Phoenix zeylanica Trimen J. Bot. 23: 267 (1885)
Zelonops pusilla Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 102 (1837)

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Language Common/alternative name
English ceylon date palm
English flour palm
Arabic نخلة قزمية
Malayalam ഫീനിക്സ് പുസില
Polish daktylowiec mąkodajny
Tamil பீனிக்ஸ் புசில்லா தாவரம்
Chinese 槟榔竹
Chinese 锡兰刺葵
Chinese 锡兰海枣

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000269794
Tropicos 50103476
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668940-1
The Plant List kew-152697
Open Tree Of Life 106406
NCBI Taxonomy 446124
IPNI 668940-1
iNaturalist 365731
GBIF 5293121
Freebase /m/02wc5q9
EOL 1135084
USDA GRIN 28053
Wikipedia Phoenix_pusilla

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
An Overview of Date (Phoenix dactylifera) Fruits as an Important Global Food Resource Al-Karmadi A, Okoh AI Foods 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11011438
doi:10.3390/foods13071024
PMID:38611330
GC‐MS, alpha‐amylase, and alpha‐glucosidase inhibition and molecular docking analysis of selected phytoconstituents of small wild date palm fruit (Phoenix pusilla) Srinivasan K, Altemimi AB, Narayanaswamy R, Vasantha Srinivasan P, Najm MA, Mahna N Food Sci Nutr 16-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10494657
doi:10.1002/fsn3.3489
PMID:37701203
Genomic Insights into Date Palm Origins Gros-Balthazard M, Hazzouri KM, Flowers JM Genes (Basel) 17-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6211059
doi:10.3390/genes9100502
PMID:30336633
Genus-wide sequencing supports a two-locus model for sex-determination in Phoenix Torres MF, Mathew LS, Ahmed I, Al-Azwani IK, Krueger R, Rivera-Nuñez D, Mohamoud YA, Clark AG, Suhre K, Malek JA Nat Commun 28-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6162277
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06375-y
PMID:30266991
Historical Tropical Forest Reliance amongst the Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) of Sri Lanka: an Isotopic Perspective Roberts P, Gillingwater TH, Lahr MM, Lee-Thorp J, MacCallum M, Petraglia M, Wedage O, Heenbanda U, Wainnya-laeto U Hum Ecol Interdiscip J 24-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC6015624
doi:10.1007/s10745-018-9997-7
PMID:29997411
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556
Date Palm Tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.): Natural Products and Therapeutic Options Al-Alawi RA, Al-Mashiqri JH, Al-Nadabi JS, Al-Shihi BI, Baqi Y Front Plant Sci 23-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5440559
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00845
PMID:28588600
The Domestication Syndrome in Phoenix dactylifera Seeds: Toward the Identification of Wild Date Palm Populations Gros-Balthazard M, Newton C, Ivorra S, Pierre MH, Pintaud JC, Terral JF PLoS One 24-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4807022
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152394
PMID:27010707
The chloroplast DNA locus psbZ-trnfM as a potential barcode marker in Phoenix L. (Arecaceae) Ballardini M, Mercuri A, Littardi C, Abbas S, Couderc M, Ludeña B, Pintaud JC Zookeys 30-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC3890672
doi:10.3897/zookeys.365.5725
PMID:24453552
Nucleated succession by an endemic palm Phoenix pusilla enhances diversity of woody species in the arid Coromandel Coast of India Kinhal V, Parthasarathy N AoB Plants 21-May-2010
PMCID:PMC3000698
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plq007
PMID:22476065

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