Phoenix paludosa (paludosa, Latin, swampy), also called the mangrove date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to coastal regions of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra, Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix paludosa They are also known as sea dates. The trees grow in clusters, to high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are long and recurved.Roxburgh, William. 1832. Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 789, Phoenix paludosa Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.
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Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. / (page 403)