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Reclining Date Palm
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Palms

Reclining Date Palm

Phoenix reclinata Jacq.

LC Least ConcernIntroduced by people

Names

EnglishReclining Date Palm
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese非洲海枣
Sranan Tongopalmbon (general name for the group)
Scientific namePhoenix reclinata Jacq.

About this species

Phoenix reclinata (reclinata - Latin, reclining), the wild date palm or Senegal date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Madagascar. It is introduced in Florida, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, the Leeward Islands, Tunisia and Vietnam. The plants are found from sea level to 3000 m, in rain forest clearings, monsoonal forests and rocky mountainsides.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderArecales
FamilyArecaceae
GenusPhoenix

In Suriname

35Records in Suriname
1933First record
2012Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne21

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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