¿ male flowers of Phoenix sylvestris ?

[Dinesh Valke]

Hello friends,

Attached 2 photos of Phoenix sylvestris
Would these be the "male" flowers ?

Regards.

[satish phadke]

This is supposed to be one of the native palms of India
Called as Shindi in Marathi.
I have seen children eating its fruits obtained by throwing stones on it.
Its good that Pune corporation(Maharashtra) is replanting few of the remaining trees on the newly constructed road dividers.
Satish

2009/1/6 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Dinesh ji.

I think you are right. Pl. see my attached picture of Male & female flowers.  
From Indiantreepix Database:

Phoenix sylvestris

Arecaceae

Wild Date Palm/ Silver or Sugar Date Palm/ Khajoor/ Salma/ Sendhi

Flowering at Narendrapur near Kolkata on 2/2/08- Male & female flowers are on separate trees- J.M.Garg.

Trees of Delhi- Flowers in March-April.

Phoenix sylvestris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phoenix sylvestris- Wild Date Palm/ Silver or Sugar Date Palm/ Khajoor/ Salma/ Sendhi - indiantreepix | Google Groups

 

2009/1/6 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much for validating, Garg ji.

Thanks to Satish, too for the nativity information.

Regards.

 

 

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:31 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Dinesh ji.

I think you are right. Pl. see my attached picture of Male & female flowers.  
From Indiantreepix Database:

Phoenix sylvestris

Arecaceae

Wild Date Palm/ Silver or Sugar Date Palm/ Khajoor/ Salma/ Sendhi

Flowering at Narendrapur near Kolkata on 2/2/08- Male & female flowers are on separate trees- J.M.Garg.

Trees of Delhi- Flowers in March-April.

Phoenix sylvestris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phoenix sylvestris- Wild Date Palm/ Silver or Sugar Date Palm/ Khajoor/ Salma/ Sendhi - indiantreepix | Google Groups

 

2009/1/6 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

This is supposed to be one of the native palms of India
Called as Shindi in Marathi.
I have seen children eating its fruits obtained by throwing stones on it.
Its good that Pune corporation(Maharashtra) is replanting few of the remaining trees on the newly constructed road dividers.
Satish

2009/1/6 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Hello friends,

Attached 2 photos of Phoenix sylvestris
Would these be the "male" flowers ?

Regards.

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http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com

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