Kharjura, also known as the date palm, is a species of flowering plant native to southern Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It produces oblong, purple to black fruits that are high in sugars and take almost a year to mature. Different parts of the plant, such as the fruits, flowers, leaves, and seeds, have various therapeutic uses. The sweet fruit pulp can treat dysentery, while the flowers are used as a purgative and the smoke from burned date seeds can treat piles.
1. INTRODUCTION
Kharjura-Phoenix sylvestris
It is also known as Silver Date Palm or Sugar
Date Palm, is a species of flowering plant in
the palm family native to southern
Pakistan, most of India, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh
2. Kharjura is of the commonly used fruits & is considered
among the Madhura triphala
3. Vernacular Names
San Kharjura
Hin
Ben
Khajur
Khejur
Mar Khajur, Kharika
Guj Khajur
Tel
Mal
Kan
Eng
LAT
Kharjuram
Kharjura
Kharjura
Dates palm
P.Sylvestris
4. Synonyms
Skanda
phala
Bhumi
Kharjura
Fruits are hanging like branches
On the variety name
5. GANA & KULA
Gana
Kula
Family
Shramahara, Virechanopaga,
Madura skanda
Narikela
Arecaceae
7. Habitat
All over India, Pindakharjura in
North Africa,Misra, Siriya, Arub
In Himachal Pradesh, it is found in all the districts
in forests up to elevations of 1,350 metres. Wild
date-trees are growing abundantly on the hill
slopes at Jabli (17 km from Kalka towards Simla)
and its adjoining areas where thousands of plants
of this species can be seen.
8. Morphology
Tree
Leaves
Flowers
It has a single tough trunk, with interesting diamond pattern
created by leaf scars.
90-100 large pinnate, feather-shaped, leaves emerge at the
top of the trunk. Leaves are about 10-15ft long, silver or
blue-green color, slightly curved, with 100-120 sharply
pointed at the end leaflets
7 mm ln, 5 mm bd; creamish;white in bunches, Aug
1-3 week
Fruit Fruits, oblong, 1.7 cm - 1.1 cm in diameter, wt 542
mg, deep purple to black; a bunch of fruits weighed
1,321.5 g & 2,390 fruits. The fruits take almost one
year for attaining maturity. The ripening starts from
the first week of June and continues till the middle
of July.
19. Therapeutic uses
Pulp
Date fruits
flower
The sweet pulp of the date fruits is useful in
dysentry
are used as an ingredient in various
aphrodiasiac and tonic
The flower of the plant is used as a purgative.
fruit fever, heart complaints, nutricious
Root Toothache
seed The smoke produced from burning of the date seeds in
powder form is a useful fumigatory for piles
20. Functions Acc to Diff
Scholars
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Swasa,Kasa,Mada,MoorchaRaktapit
ta,Kshata,kshya,Tarpan,Trasna,daha,
visha,visarpa