Details for: RSD 1978004, Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb., 'Indian wild date palm'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Cultivar:
'Indian wild date palm'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Plant1 countPlease use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity. RSD 1978004 BRAW PL
 
Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf
  • USA – Arizona (See state regulation: Palm pests)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/louisianas_laws_and_regulations_npb_website_april_2023_tp.pdf
  • USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Lethal Yellowing Quarantine. )
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/nevada_state_regulations_npb_13december2023.pdf
  • USA – Nevada (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/npb_ca_summary_2025_-_grkn_added.pdf
  • USA – California (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm.)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf
  • USA – Texas (See state regulation: Lethal Bronzing of Palms, Lethal yellowing)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Cultivar:
'Indian wild date palm'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
1978.
California, United States
Comment: Pollination made at USDA-ARS US Date Garden, Indio, Riverside County.
Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Indian wild date palm'
Type: Cultivar name

C-78-4
Type: Donor identifier
USDA US Date & Citrus Station

Phoenix sylvestris
Type: Site identifier

RSD 1978004
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
''These seedlings, planted at Brawley, were produced through controlled hand pollination of the one female and two male trees at Indio. P sylvestris does not produce offshoots; several seedlings must be raised so that eventually male and female plants of each cross may be selected. P sylvestris is important because its pollen produces large fruit when used to fertilize Deglet Noor flowers. It was perhaps the most interesting pollen used in the metaxenia studies." (JB Carpenter, ca 1981). Some visitors (D Johnson, D Hodel) have stated that the trunks on these are thicker than those observed elsewhere. This might be natural variation as all P sylvestris are hybrids; much variation observed in India, 02/1996. (RRK, 09/2006)
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
Genus:
Phoenix
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Phoeniceae
Nomen number:

28059
Place of publication:

Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:787. 1832
Verified:
10/14/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Elate sylvestris L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdate sugar palm  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishIndian date  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishsilver date palm  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Englishwild date palm  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanSilber-Dattelpalme  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
GermanWalddattelpalme  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesetamareira-brava  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishindisk dadelpalm  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Pedigree
Description:
P sylvestris 78-35 X P sylvestris 78-34 F1; cross made at US Date & Citrus Station, Indio. Note: 78-34 was southern male tree with thicker trunk (Indio Accession Book). Source of parent trees at Indio not given in Indio Accession Book.