About Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. grows between 4 and 15 meters (13 to 49 feet) in height, and reaches up to 40 centimeters (16 inches) in trunk diameter. It is not quite as large as the Canary Island date palm, but comes close, and resembles that species closely. Its leaves grow up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) long, and are gently recurved. Leaves attach to 1-meter (3.3-foot) petioles that bear acanthophylls near their base. The leaf crown of a mature individual can grow to 10 meters (33 feet) wide, and 7.5 to 10 meters (25 to 33 feet) tall, holding up to 100 individual leaves. Its inflorescence reaches up to 1 meter in length, and bears white unisexual flowers. After flowering, it develops a large, hanging infructescence. Each fruit holds a single seed, and ripens to a purple-red color.
