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Phoenix paludosa
In Singapore: Mangrove Date Palm (Grown in Singapore)
Phoenix paludosa is a clump-forming palm native to coastal swamps and mangrove edges of South and Southeast Asia. It is grown mainly for its tolerance of wet, saline or waterlogged ground, and it needs consistently moist soil and warm, humid conditions.
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 (16 ft) high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are 2 to 3 m (6.6 to 9.8 ft) long and recurved. Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phoenix paludosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
