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 Latin namePhoenix sylvestris Roxb.
 FamilyArecaceae
 Identified with (Skt)kharjūra
 Identified with (Pkt)khajjūra
 Identified with (Hin)khajūr
 Identified with (Ben)khejur, khājur
 Identified with (Tam)īccampaṉai
 Identified with (Eng)Wild date palm
 Botanical infoA tall palm tree, long spiny-tipped leaves, fruits orange or yellow when ripe, grows all over India.
 Search occurrencekharjūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePhoenix sylvestris Roxb. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 337)
kharjūra, m. Phoenix sylvestris TS. ii, 4, 9, 2 Kāṭh. MBh. &c.; a scorpion, L.; N. of a man g. aśvādi; (ī) f. Phoenix sylvestris VarBṛS. Kathās. lxi; the wild date tree, L.; (am) n. the fruit of Phoenix sylvestris Kathās. lxi; (= kharjura) silver, L.; yellow orpiment, L.; = khala, L.; the interior part of a cocoa-nut, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 374)
īccampaṉai: Wild date-palm, m. tr., Phoenix sylvestris

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. III, p. 520)
Phoenix sylvestris, Palmae
Kharjura (Sans.), Kajōr (Hind., Beng.), Sendč (Mar.), Ishan-chedi (Tam.), also yields a juice, from which spirit is obtained. The fruit called Khārik pounded and mixed with almonds, Quince seeds, Pistachio nuts, spices and sugar forms a Paushtik, or restorative remedy much in vogue. A paste formed of the seeds and the root of Achyranthes aspera is eaten with betel leaves as a remedy for ague.
The juice of this palm is obtained by tapping the trunk.


 
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