Arecaceae (palm family) » Phoenix sylvestris ♂
FEE-niks -- from the Greek name for a date palm
sil-VESS-triss -- from Latin silva (wood), of the woods, growing wild
commonly known as: date-sugar palm, Indian wild date, Indian winepalm, silver date palm, sugar date palm, sugar palm, wild date • Assamese: খাজুৰি khaajuri • Bengali: খর্জূর kharjura, খেজুর khejura • Gujarati: ખજૂરી khajuri • Hindi: खजूर khajur, सेंधी sendhi • Kannada: ಈಚಲು ichalu, ಖರ್ಜೂರ kharjura • Konkani: खाज्जूर khajjur • Malayalam: കാടിനൊത്ത kaattiintha, കാട്ടീന്തല് kaattiinthal, നീലന്തെണ്ട് niilanthent • Manipuri: থাঙতুপ thangtup • Marathi: खारीक kharik, खर्जूर kharjur, खर्जूरी kharjuri, शिंद shinda, शिंदी shindi • Nepalese: kandela, taadii • Oriya: khorjurri • Punjabi: khajur • Sanskrit: खर्जूरः kharjurh, खर्जूरी kharjuri, नेपाली nepali • Tamil: ஈந்துபனை inthupaanai, காட்டீஞ்சு kattinchu • Telugu: ఈత ita • Urdu: کهجور khajur
Native to: India, Nepal; cultivated elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA
Tags: Arecaceae Palmae palm family Phoenix Phoenix sylvestris Elate sylvestris Phœnix sylvestris date-sugar palm ichalu indi Indian wild date Indian winepalm Indische waldpalme inthupaanai ita kaattiintha kaattiinthal kandela kattinchu khaajuri khajjur khajur khajuri kharik kharjur kharjura kharjurh kharjuri khejura khorjurri nakhl barrî nepali niilanthent palma salvatica palmier dattier sauvage sendhi shinda shindi silber-dattelpalme silver date palm sugar date palm sugar palm taadii tamareira-brava tannenpalme thangtup walddattelpalme wild date wilder dattelpalme ye sheng ci kui yin hai zao
Asteraceae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family) » Xanthium strumarium
ZAN-thee-um -- yellow ... Dave's Botanary
stroo-MAR-ee-um -- swelling (tumor in reference to the seedpods) ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: broad bur, burdock datura, clotbur, rough cockleburr • Gujarati: godrian • Hindi: छोटा धतूरा chota dhatura, छोटा गोखुरू chota gokhuru, घाघरा ghaghra, संखाहुली sankhahuli • Kannada: ಮರುಳೂಮ್ಮತ್ತಿ maruluummatti • Marathi: घागरा ghagara, शंकेश्र्वर shankeshrvar • Sanskrit: अरिष्ट arishta, मेध्य medhya, सर्पक्षी sarpakshi • Tamil: மருளூமத்தை marul-umattai • Telugu: మరులుతీగె marulutige
Distribution: widely distributed; exact native range obscure
References: Flowers of India • GRIN • Wikipedia
Tags: Asteraceae Compositae aster family daisy family sunflower family annual herb Xanthium strumarium Xanthium indicum Xanthium occidentale Xanthium orientale Xanthium pungens Xanthium vulgare aartgal adhasisi arishta broad bur burdock datura California-bur carrapicho-de-carneiro chota dhatura chota gokhuru clotbur dumundi dutundi gadario ghagara ghaghra godrian itara kambu-vanamalini kankerroos marul-umattai marulutige maruluummatti medhya peymati pirakatti rough cockleburr sankhahuli sarpakshi shankeshrvar