Phoenix caespitosa Chiov.

An evergreen palm , clustering to form extensive thickets . Stems short , often subterranean . Leaves to 3 m long ; acanthophylls ± regularly arranged in one plane of orientation , to c . 13 on each side of rachis , to 8 cm long ; leaflets ? irregularly arranged in one to two planes of orientation , often fascicled proximally , numerous , c . 20 - 50 on each side of rachis , 15 - 50 x 0 . 8 - 1 . 5 cm , narrowing to a sharp point , stiff , glaucous ; lamina concolorous , drying pale green . Inflorescences up to 35 cm long , pedunculate . Flowers male flowers with inner tepals obtuse ; female flowers globose , inner tepals rounded . Fruit 10 - 16 x 8 - 12 mm , sphaeroid-ovoid , ripening deep orange to purplish-brown , with fleshy , sweet , edible mesocarp . Seeds ovoid , 12 x 8 x 8 mm ; embryo lateral opposite raphe ; endosperm homogeneous . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .

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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment

Rare

Phoenix arabica Burret